#8A78CB#8A78CB

#8A78CB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.123 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78CB
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 25.59, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 48.07, 302.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0471 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.123 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9744, 23.1475, 59.4824)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78CB #B9CB78

analogous

#788FCB #8A78CB #B378CB

triadic

#8A78CB #CB8A78 #78CB8A

tetradic

#8A78CB #CB788F #B9CB78 #78CBB3

square

#8A78CB #CB788F #B9CB78 #78CBB3

split-complementary

#8A78CB #CBB378 #8FCB78

monochromatic

#4B3891 #644CBA #8A78CB #B0A4DC #D7D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A78CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A78CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78CB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78CB	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F85CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.123 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdb',
    500: '#8a78cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78cb;
$custom-light: #ae9fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.012,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62413,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78CB

secondary

#D8DEC1

accent

#B82E9A

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78CB

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

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