#8A78E7#8A78E7

#8A78E7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.162 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78E7
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 231)
HSL	hsl(250, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 48.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 33.13, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 63.47, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0511 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.162 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6175, 24.6047, 78.6691)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78E7 #D5E778

analogous

#789EE7 #8A78E7 #C278E7

triadic

#8A78E7 #E78A78 #78E78A

tetradic

#8A78E7 #E7789E #D5E778 #78E7C2

square

#8A78E7 #E7789E #D5E778 #78E7C2

split-complementary

#8A78E7 #E7C278 #9EE778

monochromatic

#3C23C2 #5D44DE #8A78E7 #B7ACF0 #E4E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A78E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A78E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78E7

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78E7	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.162 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fef',
    500: '#8a78e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78e7;
$custom-light: #b09fef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.73,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63995,
    "c": 0.16158,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78E7

secondary

#E8EECD

accent

#D214B3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78E7

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

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