#AC42D5#AC42D5

#AC42D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.224 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42D5
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 64.54, -56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 85.65, 318.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.158 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.224 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9698, 17.4723, 64.6790)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42D5 #6BD542

analogous

#6242D5 #AC42D5 #D542B5

triadic

#AC42D5 #D5AC42 #42D5AC

tetradic

#AC42D5 #D56242 #6BD542 #42B5D5

square

#AC42D5 #D56242 #6BD542 #42B5D5

split-complementary

#AC42D5 #B5D542 #42D562

monochromatic

#641C80 #8C28B2 #AC42D5 #C274E0 #D8A6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#AC42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AC42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42D5

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42D5	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D77D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A96087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.224 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe3',
    500: '#ac42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42d5;
$custom-light: #c97fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.265,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5874,
    "c": 0.22382,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42D5

secondary

#ACD89A

accent

#E7416F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42D5

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

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