#8A78EB#8A78EB

#8A78EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.167 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78EB
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(249, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 34.24, -56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 65.65, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0514 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.167 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1889, 24.8333, 81.6785)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78EB #D9EB78

analogous

#78A0EB #8A78EB #C378EB

triadic

#8A78EB #EB8A78 #78EB8A

tetradic

#8A78EB #EB78A0 #D9EB78 #78EBC3

square

#8A78EB #EB78A0 #D9EB78 #78EBC3

split-complementary

#8A78EB #EBC378 #A0EB78

monochromatic

#391ECB #5C43E3 #8A78EB #B8ADF3 #E6E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A78EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A78EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78EB

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78EB	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#498BEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4886E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E90A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.167 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff2',
    500: '#8a78eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78eb;
$custom-light: #b19ff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.391,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64236,
    "c": 0.16691,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78EB

secondary

#EBF0CF

accent

#D60FB7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78EB

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

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