#AC42D9#AC42D9

#AC42D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.228 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42D9
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 65.34, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 87.49, 318.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1576 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.228 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4837, 17.6779, 67.3859)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42D9 #6FD942

analogous

#6042D9 #AC42D9 #D942BB

triadic

#AC42D9 #D9AC42 #42D9AC

tetradic

#AC42D9 #D96042 #6FD942 #42BBD9

square

#AC42D9 #D96042 #6FD942 #42BBD9

split-complementary

#AC42D9 #BBD942 #42D960

monochromatic

#661B86 #8D25B9 #AC42D9 #C275E3 #D9A8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AC42D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#AC42D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42D9

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42D9	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3977D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.228 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe5',
    500: '#ac42d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42d9;
$custom-light: #c97fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.119,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.22751,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42D9

secondary

#AFDB9C

accent

#E93E71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42D9

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

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