#AC42CE#AC42CE

#AC42CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.217 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42CE
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 63.15, -53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 82.44, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1585 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.217 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1004, 17.1245, 60.1004)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42CE #64CE42

analogous

#6642CE #AC42CE #CE42AA

triadic

#AC42CE #CEAC42 #42CEAC

tetradic

#AC42CE #CE6642 #64CE42 #42AACE

square

#AC42CE #CE6642 #64CE42 #42AACE

split-complementary

#AC42CE #AACE42 #42CE66

monochromatic

#611F77 #892BA7 #AC42CE #C173DB #D7A3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#AC42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#AC42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42CE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42CE	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4476CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.217 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87fde',
    500: '#ac42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42ce;
$custom-light: #c87fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58291,
    "c": 0.21741,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42CE

secondary

#A6D498

accent

#E2466C

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42CE

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

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