#842C8D#842C8D

#842C8D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.169 H 323.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842C8D
RGB	rgb(132, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(294, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(294, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 50.57, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 61.95, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(46.38% 0.1366 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(46.38% 0.169 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2237, 8.6309, 26.0582)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842C8D #358D2C

analogous

#542C8D #842C8D #8D2C66

triadic

#842C8D #8D842C #2C8D84

tetradic

#842C8D #8D542C #358D2C #2C668D

square

#842C8D #8D542C #358D2C #2C668D

split-complementary

#842C8D #668D2C #2C8D54

monochromatic

#2D0F30 #581D5E #842C8D #B03BBC #C565CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#842C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#842C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842C8D

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842C8D	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C578B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#863C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.169 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6daf',
    500: '#842c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842c8d;
$custom-light: #ab6daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.433,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46378,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842C8D

secondary

#68B560

accent

#DC4C59

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4ECF4

border

#CEC7CE

text

#100710

muted

#7F7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #842C8D

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

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