#842E9A#842E9A

#842E9A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.178 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E9A
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(288, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 52.27, -41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 67.04, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.134 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.178 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3247, 9.1934, 31.4802)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E9A #449A2E

analogous

#4E2E9A #842E9A #9A2E7A

triadic

#842E9A #9A842E #2E9A84

tetradic

#842E9A #9A4E2E #449A2E #2E7A9A

square

#842E9A #9A4E2E #449A2E #2E7A9A

split-complementary

#842E9A #7A9A2E #2E9A4E

monochromatic

#33123C #5C206B #842E9A #AA3FC6 #BF6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#842E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#842E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E9A

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E9A	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#345897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.178 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6eb8',
    500: '#842e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e9a;
$custom-light: #ab6eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47416,
    "c": 0.1783,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E9A

secondary

#79BB69

accent

#DD4A68

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#100811

muted

#7F7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E9A

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

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