#842E8E#842E8E

#842E8E is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.167 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E8E
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(294, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(294, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, 49.92, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 61.45, 324.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.1343 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.167 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3747, 8.8134, 26.4773)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E8E #388E2E

analogous

#542E8E #842E8E #8E2E68

triadic

#842E8E #8E842E #2E8E84

tetradic

#842E8E #8E542E #388E2E #2E688E

square

#842E8E #8E542E #388E2E #2E688E

split-complementary

#842E8E #688E2E #2E8E54

monochromatic

#2E1032 #591F60 #842E8E #AF3DBC #C468CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#842E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#842E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E8E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E8E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D578C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#863D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.167 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6eaf',
    500: '#842e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e8e;
$custom-light: #ab6eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46655,
    "c": 0.16723,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E8E

secondary

#6BB563

accent

#DB4D5C

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4ECF4

border

#CEC7CE

text

#100810

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E8E

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

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