#AC38D3#AC38D3

#AC38D3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.233 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC38D3
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 67.98, -57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 89.07, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1679 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.233 316)
XYZ	xyz(30.1835, 16.3033, 63.1723)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC38D3 #5FD338

analogous

#5E38D3 #AC38D3 #D338AD

triadic

#AC38D3 #D3AC38 #38D3AC

tetradic

#AC38D3 #D35E38 #5FD338 #38ADD3

square

#AC38D3 #D35E38 #5FD338 #38ADD3

split-complementary

#AC38D3 #ADD338 #38D35E

monochromatic

#5F1A76 #8825A9 #AC38D3 #C16ADE #D69CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AC38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AC38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC38D3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC38D3	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3673D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.233 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ae1',
    500: '#ac38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac38d3;
$custom-light: #c97ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.903,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57645,
    "c": 0.2334,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.16302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC38D3

secondary

#A3D592

accent

#E7416B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F9EEFB

border

#D2C9D4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC38D3

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

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