#8A78CE#8A78CE

#8A78CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.128 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78CE
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 206)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 26.38, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 49.74, 302.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.0476 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.128 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3354, 23.2919, 61.3834)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78CE #BCCE78

analogous

#7891CE #8A78CE #B578CE

triadic

#8A78CE #CE8A78 #78CE8A

tetradic

#8A78CE #CE7891 #BCCE78 #78CEB5

square

#8A78CE #CE7891 #BCCE78 #78CEB5

split-complementary

#8A78CE #CEB578 #91CE78

monochromatic

#4A3695 #634BBE #8A78CE #B1A5DE #D8D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A78CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A78CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78CE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78CE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D86D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.128 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae9fdd',
    500: '#8a78ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ce;
$custom-light: #ae9fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.558,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62574,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78CE

secondary

#DAE0C2

accent

#BA2C9C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78CE

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

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