#8A78BE#8A78BE

#8A78BE is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.105 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78BE
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, 22.25, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 40.84, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0444 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.105 295)
XYZ	xyz(26.4897, 22.5536, 51.6629)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78BE #ACBE78

analogous

#7889BE #8A78BE #AD78BE

triadic

#8A78BE #BE8A78 #78BE8A

tetradic

#8A78BE #BE7889 #ACBE78 #78BEAD

square

#8A78BE #BE7889 #ACBE78 #78BEAD

split-complementary

#8A78BE #BEAD78 #89BE78

monochromatic

#4E3D7F #6751A8 #8A78BE #AEA1D2 #D2CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#8A78BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#8A78BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78BE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78BE	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.105 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad9fd2',
    500: '#8a78be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78be;
$custom-light: #ad9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.22554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78BE

secondary

#CFD6BC

accent

#AE388F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78BE

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

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