#8A78CA#8A78CA

#8A78CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78CA
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 25.33, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 47.52, 302.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0469 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.122 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8557, 23.1000, 58.8568)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78CA #B8CA78

analogous

#788FCA #8A78CA #B378CA

triadic

#8A78CA #CA8A78 #78CA8A

tetradic

#8A78CA #CA788F #B8CA78 #78CAB3

square

#8A78CA #CA788F #B8CA78 #78CAB3

split-complementary

#8A78CA #CAB378 #8FCA78

monochromatic

#4B388F #644CB9 #8A78CA #B0A4DB #D6D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#8A78CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A78CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78CA

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78CA	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F85CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fda',
    500: '#8a78ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ca;
$custom-light: #ae9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6236,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78CA

secondary

#D7DEC0

accent

#B72F99

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78CA

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

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