#8E78EB#8E78EB

#8E78EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.167 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E78EB
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 35.20, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 65.68, 302.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.0562 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.167 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8631, 25.1809, 81.7101)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E78EB #D5EB78

analogous

#789CEB #8E78EB #C778EB

triadic

#8E78EB #EB8E78 #78EB8E

tetradic

#8E78EB #EB789C #D5EB78 #78EBC7

square

#8E78EB #EB789C #D5EB78 #78EBC7

split-complementary

#8E78EB #EBC778 #9CEB78

monochromatic

#3F1ECB #6143E3 #8E78EB #BBADF3 #E7E3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E78EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E78EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E78EB

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E78EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E78EB	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8CEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C87E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e78eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.167 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39ff2',
    500: '#8e78eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e78eb;
$custom-light: #b39ff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e78eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64572,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E78EB

secondary

#EAF0CF

accent

#D60FB0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E78EB

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

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