#8F78C8#8F78C8

#8F78C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F78C8
RGB	rgb(143, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 26.23, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 46.58, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0525 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.12 296)
XYZ	xyz(28.4670, 23.4424, 57.6574)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F78C8 #B1C878

analogous

#7889C8 #8F78C8 #B778C8

triadic

#8F78C8 #C88F78 #78C88F

tetradic

#8F78C8 #C87889 #B1C878 #78C8B7

square

#8F78C8 #C87889 #B1C878 #78C8B7

split-complementary

#8F78C8 #C8B778 #89C878

monochromatic

#51398C #6B4DB6 #8F78C8 #B3A3DA #D7CFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8F78C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8F78C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F78C8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F78C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F78C8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6285CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f78c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19fd9',
    500: '#8f78c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f78c8;
$custom-light: #b19fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f78c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62702,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.23443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F78C8

secondary

#D4DCBF

accent

#B5308F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110E14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F78C8

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

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