#8A78E8#8A78E8

#8A78E8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.163 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78E8
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 232)
HSL	hsl(250, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 33.41, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 64.02, 301.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0512 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.163 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7591, 24.6613, 79.4151)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78E8 #D6E878

analogous

#789EE8 #8A78E8 #C278E8

triadic

#8A78E8 #E88A78 #78E88A

tetradic

#8A78E8 #E8789E #D6E878 #78E8C2

square

#8A78E8 #E8789E #D6E878 #78E8C2

split-complementary

#8A78E8 #E8C278 #9EE878

monochromatic

#3C21C4 #5D44DF #8A78E8 #B7ACF1 #E5E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A78E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8A78E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78E8

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78E8	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B8BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.163 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff0',
    500: '#8a78e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78e8;
$custom-light: #b19ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.643,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64055,
    "c": 0.16292,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78E8

secondary

#E9EECD

accent

#D313B4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78E8

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

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