#8A78AA#8A78AA

#8A78AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.077 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78AA
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 170)
HSL	hsl(262, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(262, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 17.36, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 29.69, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.0393 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.077 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4519, 21.7384, 40.9302)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78AA #98AA78

analogous

#787FAA #8A78AA #A378AA

triadic

#8A78AA #AA8A78 #78AA8A

tetradic

#8A78AA #AA787F #98AA78 #78AAA3

square

#8A78AA #AA787F #98AA78 #78AAA3

split-complementary

#8A78AA #AAA378 #7FAA78

monochromatic

#4E4167 #6B588C #8A78AA #AB9EC2 #CBC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A78AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A78AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78AA

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78AA	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D80AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85808A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.077 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fc3',
    500: '#8a78aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78aa;
$custom-light: #ad9fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60802,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78AA

secondary

#C2C9B5

accent

#BF69A0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78AA

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

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