#8D78B4#8D78B4

#8D78B4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.092 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78B4
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 180)
HSL	hsl(261, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, 20.70, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 35.43, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% 0.0456 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.092 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9374, 22.3909, 46.1266)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78B4 #9FB478

analogous

#7881B4 #8D78B4 #AB78B4

triadic

#8D78B4 #B48D78 #78B48D

tetradic

#8D78B4 #B47881 #9FB478 #78B4AB

square

#8D78B4 #B47881 #9FB478 #78B4AB

split-complementary

#8D78B4 #B4AB78 #81B478

monochromatic

#513F72 #6D559A #8D78B4 #AE9FCA #CFC7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8D78B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8D78B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78B4

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78B4	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A82B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86818E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.092 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fca',
    500: '#8d78b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78b4;
$custom-light: #af9fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61535,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78B4

secondary

#C7D0B8

accent

#C563A3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78B4

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

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