#8A78E9#8A78E9

#8A78E9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.164 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78E9
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 233)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 48.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 33.69, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 64.56, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0513 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.164 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9016, 24.7183, 80.1653)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78E9 #D7E978

analogous

#789EE9 #8A78E9 #C378E9

triadic

#8A78E9 #E98A78 #78E98A

tetradic

#8A78E9 #E9789E #D7E978 #78E9C3

square

#8A78E9 #E9789E #D7E978 #78E9C3

split-complementary

#8A78E9 #E9C378 #9EE978

monochromatic

#3B20C6 #5C43E0 #8A78E9 #B8ADF2 #E5E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A78E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A78E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78E9

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78E9	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B8BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A85E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.164 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff0',
    500: '#8a78e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78e9;
$custom-light: #b19ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.558,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78E9

secondary

#EAEFCE

accent

#D411B5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78E9

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

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