#8D78E8#8D78E8

#8D78E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.163 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78E8
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 232)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, 34.14, -54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 64.04, 302.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.0547 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.163 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2625, 24.9209, 79.4386)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78E8 #D3E878

analogous

#789BE8 #8D78E8 #C578E8

triadic

#8D78E8 #E88D78 #78E88D

tetradic

#8D78E8 #E8789B #D3E878 #78E8C5

square

#8D78E8 #E8789B #D3E878 #78E8C5

split-complementary

#8D78E8 #E8C578 #9BE878

monochromatic

#4021C4 #6144DF #8D78E8 #B9ACF1 #E5E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8D78E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8D78E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78E8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78E8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.163 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29ff0',
    500: '#8d78e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78e8;
$custom-light: #b29ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64308,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78E8

secondary

#E8EECD

accent

#D313AF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78E8

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

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