#AC38D5#AC38D5

#AC38D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.235 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC38D5
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(284, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 73.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 68.36, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 89.97, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1677 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.235 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4357, 16.4043, 64.5010)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC38D5 #61D538

analogous

#5D38D5 #AC38D5 #D538B0

triadic

#AC38D5 #D5AC38 #38D5AC

tetradic

#AC38D5 #D55D38 #61D538 #38B0D5

square

#AC38D5 #D55D38 #61D538 #38B0D5

split-complementary

#AC38D5 #B0D538 #38D55D

monochromatic

#601A79 #8824AC #AC38D5 #C16BE0 #D69DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AC38D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AC38D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC38D5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC38D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC38D5	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3474D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac38d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.235 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ae3',
    500: '#ac38d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac38d5;
$custom-light: #c97ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac38d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.331,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57779,
    "c": 0.23514,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC38D5

secondary

#A4D692

accent

#E8406C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC38D5

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

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