#8A78AF#8A78AF

#8A78AF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.084 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78AF
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 175)
HSL	hsl(260, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 31.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, 18.55, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 32.48, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% 0.0407 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.084 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9339, 21.9312, 43.4687)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78AF #9DAF78

analogous

#7882AF #8A78AF #A578AF

triadic

#8A78AF #AF8A78 #78AF8A

tetradic

#8A78AF #AF7882 #9DAF78 #78AFA5

square

#8A78AF #AF7882 #9DAF78 #78AFA5

split-complementary

#8A78AF #AFA578 #82AF78

monochromatic

#4F406C #6B5793 #8A78AF #AB9EC6 #CDC5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#8A78AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#8A78AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78AF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78AF	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C81B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.084 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fc7',
    500: '#8a78af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78af;
$custom-light: #ad9fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.636,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61028,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78AF

secondary

#C5CCB6

accent

#C266A4

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78AF

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

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