#8A78E4#8A78E4

#8A78E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.158 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78E4
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 228)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 47.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 32.31, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 61.84, 301.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0507 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.158 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1974, 24.4367, 76.4568)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78E4 #D2E478

analogous

#789CE4 #8A78E4 #C078E4

triadic

#8A78E4 #E48A78 #78E48A

tetradic

#8A78E4 #E4789C #D2E478 #78E4C0

square

#8A78E4 #E4789C #D2E478 #78E4C0

split-complementary

#8A78E4 #E4C078 #9CE478

monochromatic

#3F26BC #5E45DA #8A78E4 #B6ABEE #E2DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A78E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8A78E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78E4

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78E4	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#718EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.158 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fed',
    500: '#8a78e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78e4;
$custom-light: #b09fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63817,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78E4

secondary

#E7ECCC

accent

#CF17B0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78E4

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

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