#8A78E2#8A78E2

#8A78E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.155 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78E2
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 226)
HSL	hsl(250, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 46.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, 31.76, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 60.74, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0505 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.155 289)
XYZ	xyz(30.9214, 24.3263, 75.0030)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78E2 #D0E278

analogous

#789BE2 #8A78E2 #BF78E2

triadic

#8A78E2 #E28A78 #78E28A

tetradic

#8A78E2 #E2789B #D0E278 #78E2BF

square

#8A78E2 #E2789B #D0E278 #78E2BF

split-complementary

#8A78E2 #E2BF78 #9BE278

monochromatic

#4028B8 #5E46D7 #8A78E2 #B6AAED #E1DDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A78E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A78E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78E2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78E2	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.155 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09feb',
    500: '#8a78e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78e2;
$custom-light: #b09feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.189,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.15486,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.24327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78E2

secondary

#E6EBCB

accent

#CC19AE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78E2

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

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