#842E8F#842E8F

#842E8F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.168 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E8F
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(293, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(293, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 50.11, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 61.91, 324.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.1343 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.168 323)
XYZ	xyz(15.4502, 8.8436, 26.8745)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E8F #398F2E

analogous

#542E8F #842E8F #8F2E6A

triadic

#842E8F #8F842E #2E8F84

tetradic

#842E8F #8F542E #398F2E #2E6A8F

square

#842E8F #8F542E #398F2E #2E6A8F

split-complementary

#842E8F #6A8F2E #2E8F54

monochromatic

#2F1032 #591F61 #842E8F #AF3DBD #C369CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#842E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#842E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E8F

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E8F	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C578D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#863E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.168 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6eb0',
    500: '#842e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e8f;
$custom-light: #ab6eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.196,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46716,
    "c": 0.16814,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.08843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E8F

secondary

#6DB663

accent

#DB4D5D

background

#FAF6FA

surface

#F4ECF5

border

#CEC7CF

text

#100810

muted

#7F7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E8F

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

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