#8A78ED#8A78ED

#8A78ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.170 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78ED
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 237)
HSL	hsl(249, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 49.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 34.80, -56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 66.73, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.0516 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.17 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4795, 24.9495, 83.2088)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78ED #DBED78

analogous

#78A0ED #8A78ED #C578ED

triadic

#8A78ED #ED8A78 #78ED8A

tetradic

#8A78ED #ED78A0 #DBED78 #78EDC5

square

#8A78ED #ED78A0 #DBED78 #78EDC5

split-complementary

#8A78ED #EDC578 #A0ED78

monochromatic

#371CCF #5B42E6 #8A78ED #B9AEF4 #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A78ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A78ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78ED

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78ED	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4686EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D90A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.170 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff3',
    500: '#8a78ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ed;
$custom-light: #b19ff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64358,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78ED

secondary

#ECF1D0

accent

#D90DB9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78ED

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

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