#8A78DA#8A78DA

#8A78DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.144 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78DA
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 45%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 29.58, -47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 56.36, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0495 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.144 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8492, 23.8974, 69.3560)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78DA #C8DA78

analogous

#7897DA #8A78DA #BB78DA

triadic

#8A78DA #DA8A78 #78DA8A

tetradic

#8A78DA #DA7897 #C8DA78 #78DABB

square

#8A78DA #DA7897 #C8DA78 #78DABB

split-complementary

#8A78DA #DABB78 #97DA78

monochromatic

#452EA9 #6048CD #8A78DA #B4A8E7 #DDD8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A78DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A78DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78DA

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78DA	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5688DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.144 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fe6',
    500: '#8a78da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78da;
$custom-light: #af9fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.02,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63237,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78DA

secondary

#E1E7C7

accent

#C521A6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78DA

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

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