#8B78CA#8B78CA

#8B78CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B78CA
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 25.61, -40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 47.55, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0481 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.122 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0219, 23.1857, 58.8646)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B78CA #B7CA78

analogous

#788ECA #8B78CA #B478CA

triadic

#8B78CA #CA8B78 #78CA8B

tetradic

#8B78CA #CA788E #B7CA78 #78CAB4

square

#8B78CA #CA788E #B7CA78 #78CAB4

split-complementary

#8B78CA #CAB478 #8ECA78

monochromatic

#4C388F #654CB9 #8B78CA #B1A4DB #D7D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8B78CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8B78CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B78CA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B78CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B78CA	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6085CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b78ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fda',
    500: '#8b78ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b78ca;
$custom-light: #af9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b78ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.902,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62448,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B78CA

secondary

#D7DEC0

accent

#B72F97

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B78CA

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

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