#8A78B2#8A78B2

#8A78B2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.088 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78B2
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 178)
HSL	hsl(259, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(259, 33%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 32.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, 19.28, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 34.15, 304.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% 0.0415 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.088 298)
XYZ	xyz(25.2318, 22.0504, 45.0377)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78B2 #A0B278

analogous

#7883B2 #8A78B2 #A778B2

triadic

#8A78B2 #B28A78 #78B28A

tetradic

#8A78B2 #B27883 #A0B278 #78B2A7

square

#8A78B2 #B27883 #A0B278 #78B2A7

split-complementary

#8A78B2 #B2A778 #83B278

monochromatic

#4F4070 #6A5697 #8A78B2 #AC9FC8 #CEC6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8A78B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8A78B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78B2

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78B2	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A81B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82818D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.088 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fc9',
    500: '#8a78b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78b2;
$custom-light: #ad9fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 27.358,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61166,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.22051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78B2

secondary

#C7CEB7

accent

#C464A6

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78B2

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

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