#AC38D9#AC38D9

#AC38D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.239 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC38D9
RGB	rgb(172, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 69.14, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 91.77, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1671 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.239 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9497, 16.6098, 67.2079)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC38D9 #65D938

analogous

#5B38D9 #AC38D9 #D938B5

triadic

#AC38D9 #D9AC38 #38D9AC

tetradic

#AC38D9 #D95B38 #65D938 #38B5D9

square

#AC38D9 #D95B38 #65D938 #38B5D9

split-complementary

#AC38D9 #B5D938 #38D95B

monochromatic

#62187E #8A22B2 #AC38D9 #C16BE3 #D79FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AC38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AC38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC38D9

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC38D9	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E74D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A85C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.239 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ae6',
    500: '#ac38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac38d9;
$custom-light: #c97ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.23,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5805,
    "c": 0.23862,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC38D9

secondary

#A7D994

accent

#EB3D6E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F9EEFC

border

#D2C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC38D9

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

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