#8A78BC#8A78BC

#8A78BC is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.102 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78BC
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 188)
HSL	hsl(256, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(256, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 21.74, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 39.73, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.0439 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.102 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2726, 22.4668, 50.5196)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78BC #AABC78

analogous

#7888BC #8A78BC #AC78BC

triadic

#8A78BC #BC8A78 #78BC8A

tetradic

#8A78BC #BC7888 #AABC78 #78BCAC

square

#8A78BC #BC7888 #AABC78 #78BCAC

split-complementary

#8A78BC #BCAC78 #88BC78

monochromatic

#4E3E7C #6852A5 #8A78BC #ADA1D0 #D1CAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A78BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A78BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78BC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78BC	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6683BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.102 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd0',
    500: '#8a78bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78bc;
$custom-light: #ad9fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61646,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78BC

secondary

#CED5BB

accent

#AC398E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78BC

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

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