#8A78BB#8A78BB

#8A78BB is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.101 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78BB
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 21.49, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 39.17, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0437 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.101 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1652, 22.4238, 49.9538)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78BB #A9BB78

analogous

#7888BB #8A78BB #AB78BB

triadic

#8A78BB #BB8A78 #78BB8A

tetradic

#8A78BB #BB7888 #A9BB78 #78BBAB

square

#8A78BB #BB7888 #A9BB78 #78BBAB

split-complementary

#8A78BB #BBAB78 #88BB78

monochromatic

#4E3E7B #6852A3 #8A78BB #ADA1D0 #D1C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A78BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A78BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78BB

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78BB	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6783BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.101 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fcf',
    500: '#8a78bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78bb;
$custom-light: #ad9fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.119,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61597,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78BB

secondary

#CDD4BB

accent

#AC3A8D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78BB

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

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