#8A78DB#8A78DB

#8A78DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.145 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78DB
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 29.85, -48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 56.91, 301.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0496 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.145 290)
XYZ	xyz(29.9804, 23.9499, 70.0473)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78DB #C9DB78

analogous

#7898DB #8A78DB #BC78DB

triadic

#8A78DB #DB8A78 #78DB8A

tetradic

#8A78DB #DB7898 #C9DB78 #78DBBC

square

#8A78DB #DB7898 #C9DB78 #78DBBC

split-complementary

#8A78DB #DBBC78 #98DB78

monochromatic

#442EAB #6048CE #8A78DB #B4A8E8 #DED9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A78DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A78DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78DB

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78DB	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5588DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.145 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fe6',
    500: '#8a78db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78db;
$custom-light: #af9fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63294,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.23951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78DB

secondary

#E2E7C7

accent

#C520A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78DB

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

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