#842DC8#842DC8

#842DC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.223 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842DC8
RGB	rgb(132, 45, 200)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 77.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 62.45, -64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 89.58, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1276 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.223 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8771, 10.9525, 55.6466)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842DC8 #71C82D

analogous

#362DC8 #842DC8 #C82DBE

triadic

#842DC8 #C8842D #2DC884

tetradic

#842DC8 #C8362D #71C82D #2DBEC8

square

#842DC8 #C8362D #71C82D #2DBEC8

split-complementary

#842DC8 #BEC82D #2DC836

monochromatic

#421764 #632296 #842DC8 #A159DA #BD8BE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#842DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#842DC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842DC8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842DC8	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 45, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.223 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae70da',
    500: '#842dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842dc8;
$custom-light: #ae70da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.677,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50679,
    "c": 0.22306,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842DC8

secondary

#A4CF82

accent

#E6418A

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110815

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #842DC8

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

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