#BD78E8#BD78E8

#BD78E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.172 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD78E8
RGB	rgb(189, 120, 232)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 48.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 46.63, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 65.78, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.1128 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.172 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2656, 30.0787, 79.9075)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD78E8 #A3E878

analogous

#8578E8 #BD78E8 #E878DB

triadic

#BD78E8 #E8BD78 #78E8BD

tetradic

#BD78E8 #E88578 #A3E878 #78DBE8

square

#BD78E8 #E88578 #A3E878 #78DBE8

split-complementary

#BD78E8 #DBE878 #78E885

monochromatic

#8621C4 #A344DF #BD78E8 #D7ACF1 #F0E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD78E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BD78E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD78E8

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD78E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD78E8	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7196E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd78e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 120, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.172 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a1f0',
    500: '#bd78e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd78e8;
$custom-light: #d3a1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd78e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.964,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6893,
    "c": 0.17166,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD78E8

secondary

#DAEECD

accent

#D3135C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD78E8

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

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