#AC40B8#AC40B8

#AC40B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.200 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40B8
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(294, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(294, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 65.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.84, 59.82, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.84, 73.53, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.1612 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.2 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4976, 15.8997, 46.9587)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40B8 #4CB840

analogous

#7040B8 #AC40B8 #B84088

triadic

#AC40B8 #B8AC40 #40B8AC

tetradic

#AC40B8 #B87040 #4CB840 #4088B8

square

#AC40B8 #B87040 #4CB840 #4088B8

split-complementary

#AC40B8 #88B840 #40B870

monochromatic

#57205D #82308B #AC40B8 #C16ACB #D497DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#AC40B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#AC40B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40B8

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40B8	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2567BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF5377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.200 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87dce',
    500: '#ac40b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40b8;
$custom-light: #c87dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56748,
    "c": 0.2003,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40B8

secondary

#93C78D

accent

#D8505D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F9EEF9

border

#D2C9D2

text

#130A13

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40B8

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

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