#8A78AE#8A78AE

#8A78AE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.083 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78AE
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 31%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 18.31, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 31.92, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.98% 0.0404 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(60.98% 0.083 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8360, 21.8921, 42.9533)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78AE #9CAE78

analogous

#7881AE #8A78AE #A578AE

triadic

#8A78AE #AE8A78 #78AE8A

tetradic

#8A78AE #AE7881 #9CAE78 #78AEA5

square

#8A78AE #AE7881 #9CAE78 #78AEA5

split-complementary

#8A78AE #AEA578 #81AE78

monochromatic

#4F406B #6B5791 #8A78AE #AB9EC5 #CCC4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A78AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#8A78AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78AE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78AE	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C81B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84808B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.083 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fc6',
    500: '#8a78ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ae;
$custom-light: #ad9fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60982,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78AE

secondary

#C5CCB6

accent

#C166A3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78AE

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

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