#AC42CA#AC42CA

#AC42CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.214 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42CA
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(287, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 62.37, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 80.62, 320.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1587 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.214 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6206, 16.9326, 57.5737)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42CA #60CA42

analogous

#6842CA #AC42CA #CA42A4

triadic

#AC42CA #CAAC42 #42CAAC

tetradic

#AC42CA #CA6842 #60CA42 #42A4CA

square

#AC42CA #CA6842 #60CA42 #42A4CA

split-complementary

#AC42CA #A4CA42 #42CA68

monochromatic

#602072 #882DA2 #AC42CA #C172D7 #D6A2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#AC42CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AC42CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42CA

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42CA	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4776C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.214 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87edb',
    500: '#ac42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42ca;
$custom-light: #c87edb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58041,
    "c": 0.21376,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42CA

secondary

#A3D196

accent

#DF486A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42CA

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

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