#987EE9#987EE9

#987EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.155 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EE9
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 45.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 33.70, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 61.00, 303.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0604 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.155 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1139, 27.4796, 80.5291)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EE9 #CFE97E

analogous

#7E9AE9 #987EE9 #CD7EE9

triadic

#987EE9 #E9987E #7EE998

tetradic

#987EE9 #E97E9A #CFE97E #7EE9CD

square

#987EE9 #E97E9A #CFE97E #7EE9CD

split-complementary

#987EE9 #E9CD7E #9AE97E

monochromatic

#4B22CA #6E4AE0 #987EE9 #C2B2F2 #EAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#987EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#987EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EE9

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EE9	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5990ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8493A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.155 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a3f0',
    500: '#987ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ee9;
$custom-light: #b9a3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.579,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66372,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EE9

secondary

#E9F0D3

accent

#D313A4

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#120F17

muted

#817F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EE9

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

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