#8A78F8#8A78F8

#8A78F8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.184 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A78F8
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 248)
HSL	hsl(248, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(248, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 51.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 37.88, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 72.67, 301.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0524 -0.1764)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.184 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1361, 25.6121, 91.9337)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A78F8 #E6F878

analogous

#78A6F8 #8A78F8 #CA78F8

triadic

#8A78F8 #F88A78 #78F88A

tetradic

#8A78F8 #F878A6 #E6F878 #78F8CA

square

#8A78F8 #F878A6 #E6F878 #78F8CA

split-complementary

#8A78F8 #F8CA78 #A6F878

monochromatic

#2B0CE9 #583EF5 #8A78F8 #BCB2FB #E6E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A78F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8A78F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A78F8

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A78F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A78F8	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B8EFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3987F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6793AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a78f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.184 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29ffb',
    500: '#8a78f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a78f8;
$custom-light: #b29ffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a78f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.438,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65043,
    "c": 0.18405,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A78F8

secondary

#F1F6D5

accent

#E600C5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A78F8

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

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