#AC42E2#AC42E2

#AC42E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.236 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC42E2
RGB	rgb(172, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 67.17, -62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 91.65, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1566 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.236 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6864, 18.1589, 73.7199)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC42E2 #78E242

analogous

#5C42E2 #AC42E2 #E242C8

triadic

#AC42E2 #E2AC42 #42E2AC

tetradic

#AC42E2 #E25C42 #78E242 #42C8E2

square

#AC42E2 #E25C42 #78E242 #42C8E2

split-complementary

#AC42E2 #C8E242 #42E25C

monochromatic

#691793 #8F1FC8 #AC42E2 #C377EA #DBACF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#AC42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#AC42E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC42E2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC42E2	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C78DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5658E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.236 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97fec',
    500: '#ac42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac42e2;
$custom-light: #c97fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59604,
    "c": 0.23581,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC42E2

secondary

#B5E09F

accent

#F03876

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC42E2

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

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