#842EA8#842EA8

#842EA8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.191 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842EA8
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 55.14, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 73.72, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1327 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.191 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5594, 9.6872, 37.9830)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842EA8 #52A82E

analogous

#472EA8 #842EA8 #A82E8F

triadic

#842EA8 #A8842E #2EA884

tetradic

#842EA8 #A8472E #52A82E #2E8FA8

square

#842EA8 #A8472E #52A82E #2E8FA8

split-complementary

#842EA8 #8FA82E #2EA847

monochromatic

#391448 #5E2178 #842EA8 #A547CD #BC77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#842EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#842EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842EA8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842EA8	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#265AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#804868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.191 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6fc3',
    500: '#842ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842ea8;
$custom-light: #ac6fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.295,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48367,
    "c": 0.19149,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842EA8

secondary

#88C270

accent

#E04875

background

#FAF7FC

surface

#F5EDF8

border

#CFC8D1

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #842EA8

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

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