#AC36C9#AC36C9

#AC36C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.227 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC36C9
RGB	rgb(172, 54, 201)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(288, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 73.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 66.80, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 85.41, 321.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1708 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.227 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8736, 15.6274, 56.7425)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC36C9 #53C936

analogous

#6236C9 #AC36C9 #C9369D

triadic

#AC36C9 #C9AC36 #36C9AC

tetradic

#AC36C9 #C96236 #53C936 #369DC9

square

#AC36C9 #C96236 #53C936 #369DC9

split-complementary

#AC36C9 #9DC936 #36C962

monochromatic

#591C69 #832999 #AC36C9 #C066D6 #D496E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#AC36C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#AC36C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC36C9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC36C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC36C9	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F72C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC547D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac36c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 54, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.227 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c979da',
    500: '#ac36c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac36c9;
$custom-light: #c979da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac36c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.163,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56811,
    "c": 0.22695,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC36C9

secondary

#99CE8C

accent

#E14765

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC36C9

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

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