#842BA9#842BA9

#842BA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.196 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842BA9
RGB	rgb(132, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(282, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 56.53, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 75.53, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.1355 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.196 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5398, 9.4984, 38.4379)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842BA9 #50A92B

analogous

#452BA9 #842BA9 #A92B8F

triadic

#842BA9 #A9842B #2BA984

tetradic

#842BA9 #A9452B #50A92B #2B8FA9

square

#842BA9 #A9452B #50A92B #2B8FA9

split-complementary

#842BA9 #8FA92B #2BA945

monochromatic

#381247 #5E1F78 #842BA9 #A642CF #BD73DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#842BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#842BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842BA9

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842BA9	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2159A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#804768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.196 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6ec3',
    500: '#842ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842ba9;
$custom-light: #ac6ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.381,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48142,
    "c": 0.19589,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842BA9

secondary

#86C36D

accent

#E34573

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #842BA9

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

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