#8A78E5#8A78E5

#8A78E5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.159 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78E5
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 229)
HSL	hsl(250, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 47.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 32.58, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 62.38, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0508 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.159 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3366, 24.4924, 77.1900)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78E5 #D3E578

analogous

#789CE5 #8A78E5 #C078E5

triadic

#8A78E5 #E58A78 #78E58A

tetradic

#8A78E5 #E5789C #D3E578 #78E5C0

square

#8A78E5 #E5789C #D3E578 #78E5C0

split-complementary

#8A78E5 #E5C078 #9CE578

monochromatic

#3E25BE #5E45DB #8A78E5 #B6ABEF #E3DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A78E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A78E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78E5

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78E5	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#718EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.159 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fee',
    500: '#8a78e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78e5;
$custom-light: #b09fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.908,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63876,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78E5

secondary

#E7EDCC

accent

#D016B1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78E5

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

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