#AC42DD#AC42DD

#AC42DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.231 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42DD
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 66.15, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 89.34, 317.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.1572 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.231 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0103, 17.8885, 70.1592)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42DD #73DD42

analogous

#5F42DD #AC42DD #DD42C1

triadic

#AC42DD #DDAC42 #42DDAC

tetradic

#AC42DD #DD5F42 #73DD42 #42C1DD

square

#AC42DD #DD5F42 #73DD42 #42C1DD

split-complementary

#AC42DD #C1DD42 #42DD5F

monochromatic

#67198C #8E22BF #AC42DD #C376E6 #DAAAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AC42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#AC42DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC42DD

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC42DD	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3378DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7638B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.231 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fe8',
    500: '#ac42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42dd;
$custom-light: #c97fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59267,
    "c": 0.23119,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42DD

secondary

#B2DD9D

accent

#EC3B73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42DD

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

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