#AC42D6#AC42D6

#AC42D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.225 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42D6
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 214)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 69.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.91, 64.74, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.91, 86.11, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1579 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.225 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0971, 17.5232, 65.3495)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42D6 #6CD642

analogous

#6242D6 #AC42D6 #D642B6

triadic

#AC42D6 #D6AC42 #42D6AC

tetradic

#AC42D6 #D66242 #6CD642 #42B6D6

square

#AC42D6 #D66242 #6CD642 #42B6D6

split-complementary

#AC42D6 #B6D642 #42D662

monochromatic

#651C82 #8C27B4 #AC42D6 #C274E1 #D8A7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AC42D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#AC42D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42D6

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42D6	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C77D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.225 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe3',
    500: '#ac42d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42d6;
$custom-light: #c97fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.973,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58805,
    "c": 0.22474,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42D6

secondary

#ACD99B

accent

#E74070

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42D6

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

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