#8A78F2#8A78F2

#8A78F2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.176 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78F2
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 242)
HSL	hsl(249, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(249, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 50.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 36.19, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 69.44, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.052 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.176 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2202, 25.2458, 87.1097)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78F2 #E0F278

analogous

#78A3F2 #8A78F2 #C778F2

triadic

#8A78F2 #F28A78 #78F28A

tetradic

#8A78F2 #F278A3 #E0F278 #78F2C7

square

#8A78F2 #F278A3 #E0F278 #78F2C7

split-complementary

#8A78F2 #F2C778 #A3F278

monochromatic

#3215DB #5A40ED #8A78F2 #BAB0F7 #E7E3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A78F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8A78F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78F2

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78F2	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#428DF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4186EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B92AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.176 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19ff7',
    500: '#8a78f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78f2;
$custom-light: #b19ff7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.852,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64666,
    "c": 0.17618,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78F2

secondary

#EEF3D3

accent

#DF07BF

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78F2

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

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