#8A78DF#8A78DF

#8A78DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.151 H 289.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78DF
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 223)
HSL	hsl(250, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 46.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 30.94, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 59.10, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0501 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.151 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5134, 24.1630, 72.8540)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78DF #CDDF78

analogous

#789ADF #8A78DF #BD78DF

triadic

#8A78DF #DF8A78 #78DF8A

tetradic

#8A78DF #DF789A #CDDF78 #78DFBD

square

#8A78DF #DF789A #CDDF78 #78DFBD

split-complementary

#8A78DF #DFBD78 #9ADF78

monochromatic

#422AB2 #5F47D3 #8A78DF #B5A9EB #E0DBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A78DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A78DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78DF

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78DF	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5289E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5384DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#738CA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.151 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fe9',
    500: '#8a78df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78df;
$custom-light: #b09fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.485,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63524,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78DF

secondary

#E4EAC9

accent

#C91CAB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78DF

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

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