#8A78CC#8A78CC

#8A78CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.125 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78CC
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 204)
HSL	hsl(253, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 41.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 25.85, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 48.63, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0472 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.125 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0940, 23.1953, 60.1120)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78CC #BACC78

analogous

#7890CC #8A78CC #B478CC

triadic

#8A78CC #CC8A78 #78CC8A

tetradic

#8A78CC #CC7890 #BACC78 #78CCB4

square

#8A78CC #CC7890 #BACC78 #78CCB4

split-complementary

#8A78CC #CCB478 #90CC78

monochromatic

#4B3792 #644CBB #8A78CC #B0A4DD #D7D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A78CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8A78CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78CC

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78CC	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E86CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.125 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdc',
    500: '#8a78cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78cc;
$custom-light: #ae9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78CC

secondary

#D8DFC1

accent

#B82D9B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78CC

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

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