#AC42D8#AC42D8

#AC42D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.227 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42D8
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 65.14, -57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 87.03, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.1577 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.227 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3540, 17.6260, 66.7030)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42D8 #6ED842

analogous

#6142D8 #AC42D8 #D842B9

triadic

#AC42D8 #D8AC42 #42D8AC

tetradic

#AC42D8 #D86142 #6ED842 #42B9D8

square

#AC42D8 #D86142 #6ED842 #42B9D8

split-complementary

#AC42D8 #B9D842 #42D861

monochromatic

#651B84 #8C26B7 #AC42D8 #C275E2 #D9A7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AC42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AC42D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42D8

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42D8	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A77D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.227 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe5',
    500: '#ac42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42d8;
$custom-light: #c97fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58936,
    "c": 0.22658,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42D8

secondary

#AEDA9C

accent

#E93F71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42D8

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

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