#8A78C8#8A78C8

#8A78C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78C8
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 24.81, -39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 46.41, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0465 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.119 293)
XYZ	xyz(27.6204, 23.0059, 57.6178)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78C8 #B6C878

analogous

#788EC8 #8A78C8 #B278C8

triadic

#8A78C8 #C88A78 #78C88A

tetradic

#8A78C8 #C8788E #B6C878 #78C8B2

square

#8A78C8 #C8788E #B6C878 #78C8B2

split-complementary

#8A78C8 #C8B278 #8EC878

monochromatic

#4C398C #644DB6 #8A78C8 #B0A3DA #D5CFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A78C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A78C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78C8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78C8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6085CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6282C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fd9',
    500: '#8a78c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78c8;
$custom-light: #ae9fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62255,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.23006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78C8

secondary

#D6DCBF

accent

#B53097

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78C8

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

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