#8D78BF#8D78BF

#8D78BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.107 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78BF
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(258, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 23.39, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 41.53, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.0482 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.107 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1027, 22.8570, 52.2641)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78BF #AABF78

analogous

#7886BF #8D78BF #B078BF

triadic

#8D78BF #BF8D78 #78BF8D

tetradic

#8D78BF #BF7886 #AABF78 #78BFB0

square

#8D78BF #BF7886 #AABF78 #78BFB0

split-complementary

#8D78BF #BFB078 #86BF78

monochromatic

#513D80 #6B50A9 #8D78BF #B0A2D3 #D3CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8D78BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8D78BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78BF

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78BF	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.107 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fd2',
    500: '#8d78bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78bf;
$custom-light: #b09fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.746,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62065,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78BF

secondary

#CFD7BC

accent

#AF378B

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F5F2F9

border

#CFCCD2

text

#100E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78BF

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

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