#AC40BE#AC40BE

#AC40BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.206 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40BE
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(291, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 60.92, -45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 76.17, 323.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1612 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.206 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1399, 16.1566, 50.3415)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40BE #52BE40

analogous

#6D40BE #AC40BE #BE4091

triadic

#AC40BE #BEAC40 #40BEAC

tetradic

#AC40BE #BE6D40 #52BE40 #4091BE

square

#AC40BE #BE6D40 #52BE40 #4091BE

split-complementary

#AC40BE #91BE40 #40BE6D

monochromatic

#592162 #833190 #AC40BE #C06DCE #D49BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AC40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AC40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40BE

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40BE	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)

#1C68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F74BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.206 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87dd2',
    500: '#ac40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40be;
$custom-light: #c87dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57099,
    "c": 0.20556,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40BE

secondary

#99C990

accent

#D94F62

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9EFF9

border

#D2CAD2

text

#140A14

muted

#827C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40BE

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

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