#8D78E2#8D78E2

#8D78E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.155 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78E2
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 46.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 32.51, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 60.78, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.0541 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.155 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4247, 24.5858, 75.0266)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78E2 #CDE278

analogous

#7898E2 #8D78E2 #C278E2

triadic

#8D78E2 #E28D78 #78E28D

tetradic

#8D78E2 #E27898 #CDE278 #78E2C2

square

#8D78E2 #E27898 #CDE278 #78E2C2

split-complementary

#8D78E2 #E2C278 #98E278

monochromatic

#4428B8 #6246D7 #8D78E2 #B8AAED #E2DDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8D78E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8D78E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78E2

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78E2	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.155 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29feb',
    500: '#8d78e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78e2;
$custom-light: #b29feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.887,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63954,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78E2

secondary

#E5EBCB

accent

#CC19A9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78E2

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

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