#8F78BF#8F78BF

#8F78BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.107 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F78BF
RGB	rgb(143, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(259, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 23.99, -34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 41.62, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0506 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.107 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4460, 23.0340, 52.2802)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F78BF #A8BF78

analogous

#7884BF #8F78BF #B278BF

triadic

#8F78BF #BF8F78 #78BF8F

tetradic

#8F78BF #BF7884 #A8BF78 #78BFB2

square

#8F78BF #BF7884 #A8BF78 #78BFB2

split-complementary

#8F78BF #BFB278 #84BF78

monochromatic

#523D80 #6D50A9 #8F78BF #B1A2D3 #D4CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8F78BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#8F78BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F78BF

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F78BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F78BF	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f78bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.107 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19fd2',
    500: '#8f78bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f78bf;
$custom-light: #b19fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f78bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F78BF

secondary

#CED7BC

accent

#AF3788

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#110E14

muted

#807E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F78BF

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

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