#8A78DE#8A78DE

#8A78DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.149 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78DE
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 222)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 45.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 30.67, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 58.55, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.05 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.149 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3789, 24.1093, 72.1460)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78DE #CCDE78

analogous

#7899DE #8A78DE #BD78DE

triadic

#8A78DE #DE8A78 #78DE8A

tetradic

#8A78DE #DE7899 #CCDE78 #78DEBD

square

#8A78DE #DE7899 #CCDE78 #78DEBD

split-complementary

#8A78DE #DEBD78 #99DE78

monochromatic

#432BB0 #5F47D2 #8A78DE #B5A9EA #DFDAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A78DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A78DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78DE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78DE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5389E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.149 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fe9',
    500: '#8a78de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78de;
$custom-light: #b09fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63466,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78DE

secondary

#E3E9C9

accent

#C81DAA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78DE

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

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