#8A78DC#8A78DC

#8A78DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.147 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78DC
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 220)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 45.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 30.12, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 57.46, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0498 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.147 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1125, 24.0027, 70.7427)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78DC #CADC78

analogous

#7898DC #8A78DC #BC78DC

triadic

#8A78DC #DC8A78 #78DC8A

tetradic

#8A78DC #DC7898 #CADC78 #78DCBC

square

#8A78DC #DC7898 #CADC78 #78DCBC

split-complementary

#8A78DC #DCBC78 #98DC78

monochromatic

#442DAD #6047CF #8A78DC #B4A9E9 #DED9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8A78DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8A78DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78DC

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78DC	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5588E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.147 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fe7',
    500: '#8a78dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78dc;
$custom-light: #b09fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63351,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78DC

secondary

#E2E8C8

accent

#C61FA8

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78DC

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

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