#8A78EF#8A78EF

#8A78EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.172 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78EF
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(249, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 35.35, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 67.82, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0518 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.172 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7733, 25.0670, 84.7562)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78EF #DDEF78

analogous

#78A1EF #8A78EF #C678EF

triadic

#8A78EF #EF8A78 #78EF8A

tetradic

#8A78EF #EF78A1 #DDEF78 #78EFC6

square

#8A78EF #EF78A1 #DDEF78 #78EFC6

split-complementary

#8A78EF #EFC678 #A1EF78

monochromatic

#3519D4 #5B41E9 #8A78EF #B9AFF5 #E7E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A78EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8A78EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78EF

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78EF	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#458CF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C91A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.172 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff5',
    500: '#8a78ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78ef;
$custom-light: #b19ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.076,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64481,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78EF

secondary

#EDF2D1

accent

#DB0ABC

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78EF

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

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