#AC42DB#AC42DB

#AC42DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.229 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42DB
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 69.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.23, 65.74, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.23, 88.42, 318.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1574 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.229 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7454, 17.7825, 68.7642)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42DB #71DB42

analogous

#5F42DB #AC42DB #DB42BD

triadic

#AC42DB #DBAC42 #42DBAC

tetradic

#AC42DB #DB5F42 #71DB42 #42BDDB

square

#AC42DB #DB5F42 #71DB42 #42BDDB

split-complementary

#AC42DB #BDDB42 #42DB5F

monochromatic

#671A89 #8D24BC #AC42DB #C375E5 #D9A9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#AC42DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#AC42DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42DB

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42DB	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3677D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.229 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe7',
    500: '#ac42db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42db;
$custom-light: #c97fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.569,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59134,
    "c": 0.22935,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42DB

secondary

#B0DC9D

accent

#EB3D72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42DB

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

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