#8D78EE#8D78EE

#8D78EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.171 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D78EE
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 35.78, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 67.29, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% 0.0553 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.171 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1293, 25.2676, 84.0039)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D78EE #D9EE78

analogous

#789EEE #8D78EE #C878EE

triadic

#8D78EE #EE8D78 #78EE8D

tetradic

#8D78EE #EE789E #D9EE78 #78EEC8

square

#8D78EE #EE789E #D9EE78 #78EEC8

split-complementary

#8D78EE #EEC878 #9EEE78

monochromatic

#3B1AD1 #5F42E7 #8D78EE #BBAEF5 #E8E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8D78EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8D78EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D78EE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D78EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D78EE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4887EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7290A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d78ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.171 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39ff4',
    500: '#8d78ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d78ee;
$custom-light: #b39ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d78ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64669,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D78EE

secondary

#EBF1D1

accent

#DA0CB5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D78EE

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

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