#842EA9#842EA9

#842EA9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.192 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842EA9
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 55.34, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 74.20, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.1326 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.192 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6529, 9.7247, 38.4756)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842EA9 #53A92E

analogous

#462EA9 #842EA9 #A92E91

triadic

#842EA9 #A9842E #2EA984

tetradic

#842EA9 #A9462E #53A92E #2E91A9

square

#842EA9 #A9462E #53A92E #2E91A9

split-complementary

#842EA9 #91A92E #2EA946

monochromatic

#391449 #5E2179 #842EA9 #A547CD #BC77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#842EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#842EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842EA9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842EA9	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#245AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#804969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.192 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6fc3',
    500: '#842ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842ea9;
$custom-light: #ac6fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.951,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48438,
    "c": 0.19243,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842EA9

secondary

#89C271

accent

#E04775

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#110813

muted

#807B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #842EA9

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

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