#8A78EE#8A78EE

#8A78EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.171 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78EE
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 35.07, -57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 67.28, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0517 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.171 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6260, 25.0081, 83.9803)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78EE #DCEE78

analogous

#78A1EE #8A78EE #C578EE

triadic

#8A78EE #EE8A78 #78EE8A

tetradic

#8A78EE #EE78A1 #DCEE78 #78EEC5

square

#8A78EE #EE78A1 #DCEE78 #78EEC5

split-complementary

#8A78EE #EEC578 #A1EE78

monochromatic

#361AD1 #5B42E7 #8A78EE #B9AEF5 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A78EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A78EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78EE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78EE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#468CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.171 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff4',
    500: '#8a78ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ee;
$custom-light: #b19ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.153,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64419,
    "c": 0.1709,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78EE

secondary

#ECF1D1

accent

#DA0CBA

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78EE

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

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