#AC38CA#AC38CA

#AC38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.226 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC38CA
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 66.27, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 85.04, 321.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.1689 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.226 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0866, 15.8646, 57.3957)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC38CA #56CA38

analogous

#6338CA #AC38CA #CA389F

triadic

#AC38CA #CAAC38 #38CAAC

tetradic

#AC38CA #CA6338 #56CA38 #389FCA

square

#AC38CA #CA6338 #56CA38 #389FCA

split-complementary

#AC38CA #9FCA38 #38CA63

monochromatic

#5B1D6B #84299B #AC38CA #C068D7 #D499E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#AC38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#AC38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC38CA

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC38CA	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4073C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB557E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.226 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97adb',
    500: '#ac38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac38ca;
$custom-light: #c97adb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.671,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57055,
    "c": 0.22562,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC38CA

secondary

#9CCF8E

accent

#E14766

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC38CA

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

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