#842AA4#842AA4

#842AA4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.192 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842AA4
RGB	rgb(132, 42, 164)
HSL	hsl(284, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 55.89, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 73.59, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.1372 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.192 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0434, 9.2424, 36.0009)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842AA4 #4AA42A

analogous

#472AA4 #842AA4 #A42A87

triadic

#842AA4 #A4842A #2AA484

tetradic

#842AA4 #A4472A #4AA42A #2A87A4

square

#842AA4 #A4472A #4AA42A #2A87A4

split-complementary

#842AA4 #87A42A #2AA447

monochromatic

#361143 #5D1E73 #842AA4 #A83ECD #BE6EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#842AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#842AA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842AA4

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842AA4	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2758A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#824465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 42, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.192 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6dc0',
    500: '#842aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842aa4;
$custom-light: #ac6dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.262,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47692,
    "c": 0.19239,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842AA4

secondary

#80C169

accent

#E2456F

background

#FBF6FB

surface

#F6ECF7

border

#D0C7D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #842AA4

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

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