#AC38D0#AC38D0

#AC38D0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.231 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC38D0
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(286, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(286, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 67.40, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 87.72, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% 0.1683 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.231 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8109, 16.1543, 61.2101)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC38D0 #5CD038

analogous

#6038D0 #AC38D0 #D038A8

triadic

#AC38D0 #D0AC38 #38D0AC

tetradic

#AC38D0 #D06038 #5CD038 #38A8D0

square

#AC38D0 #D06038 #5CD038 #38A8D0

split-complementary

#AC38D0 #A8D038 #38D060

monochromatic

#5E1B73 #8627A4 #AC38D0 #C16ADC #D59BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AC38D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AC38D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC38D0

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC38D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC38D0	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A73CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac38d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.231 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97adf',
    500: '#ac38d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac38d0;
$custom-light: #c97adf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac38d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.789,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57446,
    "c": 0.2308,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC38D0

secondary

#A0D391

accent

#E54369

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC38D0

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

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