#842FA5#842FA5

#842FA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.187 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#842FA5
RGB	rgb(132, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(283, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 54.10, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 71.82, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.132 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.187 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3226, 9.6558, 36.5413)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#842FA5 #50A52F

analogous

#492FA5 #842FA5 #A52F8B

triadic

#842FA5 #A5842F #2FA584

tetradic

#842FA5 #A5492F #50A52F #2F8BA5

square

#842FA5 #A5492F #50A52F #2F8BA5

split-complementary

#842FA5 #8BA52F #2FA549

monochromatic

#381446 #5E2175 #842FA5 #A647CB #BD76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#842FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#842FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #842FA5

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##842FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##842FA5	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A5AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#814867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #842fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(132, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.187 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac6fc0',
    500: '#842fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #842fa5;
$custom-light: #ac6fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#842fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 132,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.22,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48262,
    "c": 0.18742,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#842FA5

secondary

#86C070

accent

#DF4973

background

#FAF7FB

surface

#F5EDF7

border

#CFC8D0

text

#110812

muted

#807B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #842FA5

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

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