#8D78B5#8D78B5

#8D78B5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.093 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78B5
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 181)
HSL	hsl(261, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 33.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 20.94, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 35.99, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0458 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.093 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0396, 22.4317, 46.6650)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78B5 #A0B578

analogous

#7882B5 #8D78B5 #AC78B5

triadic

#8D78B5 #B58D78 #78B58D

tetradic

#8D78B5 #B57882 #A0B578 #78B5AC

square

#8D78B5 #B57882 #A0B578 #78B5AC

split-complementary

#8D78B5 #B5AC78 #82B578

monochromatic

#513F73 #6D559B #8D78B5 #AEA0CB #D0C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8D78B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8D78B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78B5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78B5	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A82B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86828E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.093 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fcb',
    500: '#8d78b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78b5;
$custom-light: #af9fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 29.187,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61581,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78B5

secondary

#C8D0B8

accent

#C562A3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78B5

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

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