#8A78DD#8A78DD

#8A78DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.148 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78DD
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 30.39, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 58.01, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0499 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.148 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2453, 24.0558, 71.4423)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78DD #CBDD78

analogous

#7899DD #8A78DD #BD78DD

triadic

#8A78DD #DD8A78 #78DD8A

tetradic

#8A78DD #DD7899 #CBDD78 #78DDBD

square

#8A78DD #DD7899 #CBDD78 #78DDBD

split-complementary

#8A78DD #DDBD78 #99DD78

monochromatic

#432CAF #6047D1 #8A78DD #B4A9E9 #DFDAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A78DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#8A78DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78DD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78DD	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5489E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.148 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fe8',
    500: '#8a78dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78dd;
$custom-light: #b09fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.693,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63409,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78DD

secondary

#E3E9C8

accent

#C71EA9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78DD

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

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