#987EE3#987EE3

#987EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.148 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EE3
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 227)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 44.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 32.14, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 57.76, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0596 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.148 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2713, 27.1425, 76.0916)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EE3 #C9E37E

analogous

#7E97E3 #987EE3 #CB7EE3

triadic

#987EE3 #E3987E #7EE398

tetradic

#987EE3 #E37E97 #C9E37E #7EE3CB

square

#987EE3 #E37E97 #C9E37E #7EE3CB

split-complementary

#987EE3 #E3CB7E #97E37E

monochromatic

#4F29BD #704CD8 #987EE3 #C0B0EE #E8E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#987EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#987EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EE3

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EE3	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8FE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8791A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.148 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3ec',
    500: '#987ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ee3;
$custom-light: #b9a3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.446,
    "s": 64.331,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66038,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EE3

secondary

#E6EDD0

accent

#CC199E

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F16

muted

#817F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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