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#842ab1 color: Pheromone Purple

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280°
100%

OKLCH

48.6%
0.204
311°
  • ≈ Purple
  • Purple
  • Dark
  • Vivid
  • Deep
  • Neutral
  • purple-800
  • Black 31%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text7.13:1 · AALc -89
Black text2.95:1 · Below AALc 20

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About #842ab1

#842ab1 is a deep dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 48.6% lightness, 0.204 chroma and a hue of 311°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 7.13:1 contrast and black text 2.95:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Pheromone Purple (#8822bb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is purple-800.

More dark purple colors

Lighter: #842ab1 mixed with white

  1. 842ab1
  2. 9045ba
  3. 9c5bc3
  4. a870cb
  5. b585d3
  6. c199db
  7. cdade3
  8. dac2ea
  9. e6d6f1
  10. f2eaf8

Darker: #842ab1 mixed with black

  1. 842ab1
  2. 722399
  3. 601c83
  4. 4f166c
  5. 3f1057
  6. 2f0a42
  7. 20052f
  8. 12021c
  9. 06010c
  10. 010001

Calmer: #842ab1 with less saturation

  1. 842ab1
  2. 8034a9
  3. 7d3ca1
  4. 794299
  5. 764891
  6. 724d89
  7. 6e5181
  8. 6b5579
  9. 675971
  10. 635c68