#8A78CD#8A78CD

#8A78CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.126 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78CD
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 26.12, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 49.18, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% 0.0474 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.126 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2143, 23.2434, 60.7457)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78CD #BBCD78

analogous

#7890CD #8A78CD #B478CD

triadic

#8A78CD #CD8A78 #78CD8A

tetradic

#8A78CD #CD7890 #BBCD78 #78CDB4

square

#8A78CD #CD7890 #BBCD78 #78CDB4

split-complementary

#8A78CD #CDB478 #90CD78

monochromatic

#4A3794 #634BBC #8A78CD #B1A5DE #D7D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A78CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A78CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78CD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78CD	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E86D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.126 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdc',
    500: '#8a78cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78cd;
$custom-light: #ae9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.706,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6252,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78CD

secondary

#D9DFC1

accent

#B92C9B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78CD

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

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