#AC42E0#AC42E0

#AC42E0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.234 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42E0
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 66.76, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 90.73, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1569 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.234 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4136, 18.0498, 72.2830)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42E0 #76E042

analogous

#5D42E0 #AC42E0 #E042C5

triadic

#AC42E0 #E0AC42 #42E0AC

tetradic

#AC42E0 #E05D42 #76E042 #42C5E0

square

#AC42E0 #E05D42 #76E042 #42C5E0

split-complementary

#AC42E0 #C5E042 #42E05D

monochromatic

#681890 #8E20C5 #AC42E0 #C377E9 #DAABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#AC42E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AC42E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC42E0

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC42E0	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F78DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.234 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fea',
    500: '#ac42e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42e0;
$custom-light: #c97fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59469,
    "c": 0.23397,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42E0

secondary

#B4DF9F

accent

#EF3975

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42E0

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

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