#987bd5

Color #987bd5

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class violet-400 #a684ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#987bd5

RGB

rgb(152, 123, 213)

HSL

hsl(259.3, 51.7%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.3, 42.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.6%, 42.3%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(57.7, 30.31, -42.37)

LCH

lch(57.7, 52.1, 305.58)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.1336, 297.37)

HWB

hwb(259.3, 48.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8d57b

Analogous

#7b8bd5

#987bd5

#c57bd5

Triadic

#987bd5

#d5987b

#7bd598

Split-complementary

#987bd5

#d5c57b

#8bd57b

Tetradic

#987bd5

#d57bb8

#b8d57b

#7bd598

Square

#987bd5

#d57b8b

#b8d57b

#7bd5c5

Shades

Color #987bd5 mixed toward black.

#7751c7

#5b36aa

#45297f

#2e1b55

#170e2a

Tints

Color #987bd5 mixed toward white.

#a991dc

#baa7e3

#ccbdea

#ddd3f1

#eee9f8

Tones

Color #987bd5 mixed toward gray.

#9b83ce

#9d8ac6

#a092bf

#a399b7

#a5a1b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8cc4 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#8e90c0 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#97b5b2 · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #987bd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#987bd5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#987bd5 (#987bd5) is rgb(152, 123, 213) in RGB.

No, #987bd5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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