#8D78CD#8D78CD

#8D78CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78CD
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(255, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 26.95, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 49.26, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.051 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.126 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7177, 23.5030, 60.7693)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78CD #B8CD78

analogous

#788DCD #8D78CD #B778CD

triadic

#8D78CD #CD8D78 #78CD8D

tetradic

#8D78CD #CD788D #B8CD78 #78CDB7

square

#8D78CD #CD788D #B8CD78 #78CDB7

split-complementary

#8D78CD #CDB778 #8DCD78

monochromatic

#4E3794 #674BBC #8D78CD #B3A5DE #D8D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8D78CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8D78CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78CD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78CD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F86D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F8799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fdc',
    500: '#8d78cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78cd;
$custom-light: #b09fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.824,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62784,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78CD

secondary

#D8DFC1

accent

#B92C96

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110E15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78CD

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

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