#842CA9#842CA9

#842CA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.195 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842CA9
RGB	rgb(132, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(282, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 56.14, -49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 75.10, 318.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.24% 0.1346 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(48.24% 0.195 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5766, 9.5720, 38.4501)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842CA9 #51A92C

analogous

#462CA9 #842CA9 #A92C90

triadic

#842CA9 #A9842C #2CA984

tetradic

#842CA9 #A9462C #51A92C #2C90A9

square

#842CA9 #A9462C #51A92C #2C90A9

split-complementary

#842CA9 #90A92C #2CA946

monochromatic

#381348 #5E1F78 #842CA9 #A544CE #BD74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#842CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#842CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842CA9

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842CA9	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2259A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#804868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.195 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6ec3',
    500: '#842ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842ca9;
$custom-light: #ac6ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.24,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48239,
    "c": 0.19476,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842CA9

secondary

#87C36E

accent

#E24674

background

#FBF6FC

surface

#F6ECF8

border

#D0C7D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #842CA9

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

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