#842E9B#842E9B

#842E9B is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.179 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842E9B
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 155)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 70.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 52.47, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 67.51, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1339 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.179 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4083, 9.2268, 31.9206)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842E9B #459B2E

analogous

#4D2E9B #842E9B #9B2E7C

triadic

#842E9B #9B842E #2E9B84

tetradic

#842E9B #9B4D2E #459B2E #2E7C9B

square

#842E9B #9B4D2E #459B2E #2E7C9B

split-complementary

#842E9B #7C9B2E #2E9B4D

monochromatic

#34123D #5C206C #842E9B #AA40C6 #BF6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#842E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#842E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842E9B

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842E9B	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00509E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#335898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#844361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.179 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6eb9',
    500: '#842e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842e9b;
$custom-light: #ab6eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.339,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47482,
    "c": 0.17923,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842E9B

secondary

#7BBC69

accent

#DE4A69

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4ECF6

border

#CEC7D0

text

#100811

muted

#7F7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #842E9B

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

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