#8A78BF#8A78BF

#8A78BF is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.107 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78BF
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(255, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(255, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 22.50, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 41.40, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0446 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.107 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5994, 22.5975, 52.2405)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78BF #ADBF78

analogous

#7889BF #8A78BF #AD78BF

triadic

#8A78BF #BF8A78 #78BF8A

tetradic

#8A78BF #BF7889 #ADBF78 #78BFAD

square

#8A78BF #BF7889 #ADBF78 #78BFAD

split-complementary

#8A78BF #BFAD78 #89BF78

monochromatic

#4E3D80 #6750A9 #8A78BF #AEA2D3 #D2CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A78BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A78BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78BF

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78BF	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.107 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fd2',
    500: '#8a78bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78bf;
$custom-light: #ae9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.211,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61795,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78BF

secondary

#D0D7BC

accent

#AF3790

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78BF

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

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