#AC42BC#AC42BC

#AC42BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.201 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42BC
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 188)
HSL	hsl(292, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(292, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 64.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 59.72, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 74.33, 323.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% 0.159 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.201 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0376, 16.2994, 49.2365)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42BC #52BC42

analogous

#6F42BC #AC42BC #BC428F

triadic

#AC42BC #BCAC42 #42BCAC

tetradic

#AC42BC #BC6F42 #52BC42 #428FBC

square

#AC42BC #BC6F42 #52BC42 #428FBC

split-complementary

#AC42BC #8FBC42 #42BC6F

monochromatic

#592261 #83328F #AC42BC #C06FCC #D49CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AC42BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AC42BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42BC

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42BC	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2369C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5274B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.201 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ed1',
    500: '#ac42bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42bc;
$custom-light: #c87ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.131,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57197,
    "c": 0.20117,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42BC

secondary

#99C991

accent

#D85062

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#130A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42BC

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

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