#AC42BF#AC42BF

#AC42BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.204 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42BF
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 65.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 60.28, -45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 75.67, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.159 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.204 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3644, 16.4301, 50.9574)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42BF #55BF42

analogous

#6D42BF #AC42BF #BF4293

triadic

#AC42BF #BFAC42 #42BFAC

tetradic

#AC42BF #BF6D42 #55BF42 #4293BF

square

#AC42BF #BF6D42 #55BF42 #4293BF

split-complementary

#AC42BF #93BF42 #42BF6D

monochromatic

#5A2265 #843292 #AC42BF #C070CE #D49DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#AC42BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AC42BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42BF

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42BF	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5075BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.204 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ed3',
    500: '#ac42bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42bf;
$custom-light: #c87ed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57373,
    "c": 0.20384,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42BF

secondary

#9BCA93

accent

#D94F64

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42BF

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

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