#8A78CF#8A78CF

#8A78CF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.129 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78CF
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 207)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(252, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 42%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 26.64, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 50.29, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0478 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.129 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4573, 23.3406, 62.0253)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78CF #BDCF78

analogous

#7892CF #8A78CF #B678CF

triadic

#8A78CF #CF8A78 #78CF8A

tetradic

#8A78CF #CF7892 #BDCF78 #78CFB6

square

#8A78CF #CF7892 #BDCF78 #78CFB6

split-complementary

#8A78CF #CFB678 #92CF78

monochromatic

#4A3697 #634BBF #8A78CF #B1A5DF #D8D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A78CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A78CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78CF

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78CF	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D86D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.129 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fde',
    500: '#8a78cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78cf;
$custom-light: #af9fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62628,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78CF

secondary

#DAE1C2

accent

#BB2B9D

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78CF

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

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