#AC42D2#AC42D2

#AC42D2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.221 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42D2
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 210)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(284, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 63.94, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 84.28, 319.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1582 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.221 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5925, 17.3214, 62.6921)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42D2 #68D242

analogous

#6442D2 #AC42D2 #D242B0

triadic

#AC42D2 #D2AC42 #42D2AC

tetradic

#AC42D2 #D26442 #68D242 #42B0D2

square

#AC42D2 #D26442 #68D242 #42B0D2

split-complementary

#AC42D2 #B0D242 #42D264

monochromatic

#631E7C #8B29AD #AC42D2 #C273DE #D7A5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#AC42D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#AC42D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42D2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42D2	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4076CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.221 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe0',
    500: '#ac42d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42d2;
$custom-light: #c97fe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58546,
    "c": 0.22107,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42D2

secondary

#A9D799

accent

#E5436E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140B15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42D2

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

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