#842EC9#842EC9

#842EC9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.223 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842EC9
RGB	rgb(132, 46, 201)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 62.30, -64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 89.64, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1266 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.223 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0329, 11.0767, 56.2770)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842EC9 #73C92E

analogous

#362EC9 #842EC9 #C92EC0

triadic

#842EC9 #C9842E #2EC984

tetradic

#842EC9 #C9362E #73C92E #2EC0C9

square

#842EC9 #C9362E #73C92E #2EC0C9

split-complementary

#842EC9 #C0C92E #2EC936

monochromatic

#431765 #632397 #842EC9 #A15BD9 #BE8DE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#842EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#842EC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842EC9

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842EC9	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 46, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.223 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae70da',
    500: '#842ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842ec9;
$custom-light: #ae70da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.29,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5085,
    "c": 0.22304,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842EC9

secondary

#A5CF84

accent

#E6428B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#110815

muted

#807B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #842EC9

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

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