#8D78BE#8D78BE

#8D78BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.106 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78BE
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 23.14, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 40.97, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.048 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.106 297)
XYZ	xyz(26.9931, 22.8131, 51.6865)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78BE #A9BE78

analogous

#7886BE #8D78BE #B078BE

triadic

#8D78BE #BE8D78 #78BE8D

tetradic

#8D78BE #BE7886 #A9BE78 #78BEB0

square

#8D78BE #BE7886 #A9BE78 #78BEB0

split-complementary

#8D78BE #BEB078 #86BE78

monochromatic

#513D7F #6B51A8 #8D78BE #B0A1D2 #D3CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8D78BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8D78BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78BE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78BE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.106 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fd2',
    500: '#8d78be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78be;
$custom-light: #b09fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62015,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.22813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78BE

secondary

#CED6BC

accent

#AE388A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78BE

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

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