#8C78CA#8C78CA

#8C78CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.122 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C78CA
RGB	rgb(140, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 25.89, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 47.58, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0493 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.122 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1897, 23.2722, 58.8725)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C78CA #B6CA78

analogous

#788DCA #8C78CA #B578CA

triadic

#8C78CA #CA8C78 #78CA8C

tetradic

#8C78CA #CA788D #B6CA78 #78CAB5

square

#8C78CA #CA788D #B6CA78 #78CAB5

split-complementary

#8C78CA #CAB578 #8DCA78

monochromatic

#4E388F #674CB9 #8C78CA #B1A4DB #D7D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8C78CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8C78CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C78CA

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C78CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C78CA	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6085CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c78ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.122 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fda',
    500: '#8c78ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c78ca;
$custom-light: #b09fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c78ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C78CA

secondary

#D6DEC0

accent

#B72F96

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C78CA

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

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