#AC42C7#AC42C7

#AC42C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.211 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42C7
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 66.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 61.80, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 79.26, 321.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1588 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.211 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2689, 16.7919, 55.7212)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42C7 #5DC742

analogous

#6A42C7 #AC42C7 #C7429F

triadic

#AC42C7 #C7AC42 #42C7AC

tetradic

#AC42C7 #C76A42 #5DC742 #429FC7

square

#AC42C7 #C76A42 #5DC742 #429FC7

split-complementary

#AC42C7 #9FC742 #42C76A

monochromatic

#5E216E #872F9D #AC42C7 #C171D5 #D5A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AC42C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AC42C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42C7

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42C7	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A6BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A75C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.211 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ed9',
    500: '#ac42c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42c7;
$custom-light: #c87ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.82,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57855,
    "c": 0.21104,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42C7

secondary

#A1D095

accent

#DE4A68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42C7

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

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