#8A78EA#8A78EA

#8A78EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.166 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78EA
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 234)
HSL	hsl(249, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 48.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 33.96, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 65.11, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0514 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.166 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0448, 24.7756, 80.9197)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78EA #D8EA78

analogous

#789FEA #8A78EA #C378EA

triadic

#8A78EA #EA8A78 #78EA8A

tetradic

#8A78EA #EA789F #D8EA78 #78EAC3

square

#8A78EA #EA789F #D8EA78 #78EAC3

split-complementary

#8A78EA #EAC378 #9FEA78

monochromatic

#3A1FC8 #5C43E2 #8A78EA #B8ADF2 #E6E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A78EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A78EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78EA

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78EA	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8BEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4986E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.166 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff1',
    500: '#8a78ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ea;
$custom-light: #b19ff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64175,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78EA

secondary

#EAEFCE

accent

#D510B6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78EA

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

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