#AC42D0#AC42D0

#AC42D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.219 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42D0
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 208)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 63.55, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 83.36, 319.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% 0.1584 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.219 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3449, 17.2223, 61.3881)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42D0 #66D042

analogous

#6542D0 #AC42D0 #D042AD

triadic

#AC42D0 #D0AC42 #42D0AC

tetradic

#AC42D0 #D06542 #66D042 #42ADD0

square

#AC42D0 #D06542 #66D042 #42ADD0

split-complementary

#AC42D0 #ADD042 #42D065

monochromatic

#621E79 #8A2AAA #AC42D0 #C273DC #D7A4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AC42D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AC42D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42D0

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42D0	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4276CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.219 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fdf',
    500: '#ac42d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42d0;
$custom-light: #c97fdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.789,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.21924,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42D0

secondary

#A8D599

accent

#E3446D

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42D0

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

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