#AC38C4#AC38C4

#AC38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.220 H 320.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC38C4
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(290, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(290, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 65.15, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 82.38, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1693 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.22 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3900, 15.5860, 53.7268)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC38C4 #50C438

analogous

#6638C4 #AC38C4 #C43896

triadic

#AC38C4 #C4AC38 #38C4AC

tetradic

#AC38C4 #C46638 #50C438 #3896C4

square

#AC38C4 #C46638 #50C438 #3896C4

split-complementary

#AC38C4 #96C438 #38C466

monochromatic

#581D65 #822A94 #AC38C4 #C166D3 #D496E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#AC38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#AC38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC38C4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC38C4	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4572C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD537B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.220 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c979d6',
    500: '#ac38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac38c4;
$custom-light: #c979d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.22047,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC38C4

secondary

#97CC8C

accent

#DF4963

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFA

border

#D2C9D3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC38C4

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

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