#AC42C8#AC42C8

#AC42C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.212 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42C8
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 67%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 61.99, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 79.71, 321.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1588 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.212 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3854, 16.8385, 56.3347)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42C8 #5EC842

analogous

#6942C8 #AC42C8 #C842A1

triadic

#AC42C8 #C8AC42 #42C8AC

tetradic

#AC42C8 #C86942 #5EC842 #42A1C8

square

#AC42C8 #C86942 #5EC842 #42A1C8

split-complementary

#AC42C8 #A1C842 #42C869

monochromatic

#5F206F #872E9F #AC42C8 #C171D6 #D6A1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AC42C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#AC42C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42C8

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42C8	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#066BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4976C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.212 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87ed9',
    500: '#ac42c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42c8;
$custom-light: #c87ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57917,
    "c": 0.21194,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42C8

secondary

#A2D096

accent

#DE4A69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42C8

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

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