#8A78D4#8A78D4

#8A78D4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.136 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78D4
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 212)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 43.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 27.97, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 53.05, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0486 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.136 291)
XYZ	xyz(29.0782, 23.5890, 65.2957)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78D4 #C2D478

analogous

#7894D4 #8A78D4 #B878D4

triadic

#8A78D4 #D48A78 #78D48A

tetradic

#8A78D4 #D47894 #C2D478 #78D4B8

square

#8A78D4 #D47894 #C2D478 #78D4B8

split-complementary

#8A78D4 #D4B878 #94D478

monochromatic

#48339F #624AC5 #8A78D4 #B2A6E3 #DAD5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A78D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A78D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78D4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78D4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A87D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78899C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.136 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fe1',
    500: '#8a78d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78d4;
$custom-light: #af9fe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62901,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.2359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78D4

secondary

#DDE3C4

accent

#BF26A1

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78D4

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

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