#AC40C3#AC40C3

#AC40C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.210 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40C3
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 195)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 67.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 61.86, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 78.40, 322.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1611 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.21 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6958, 16.3790, 53.2691)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40C3 #57C340

analogous

#6A40C3 #AC40C3 #C34098

triadic

#AC40C3 #C3AC40 #40C3AC

tetradic

#AC40C3 #C36A40 #57C340 #4098C3

square

#AC40C3 #C36A40 #57C340 #4098C3

split-complementary

#AC40C3 #98C340 #40C36A

monochromatic

#5B2168 #842F97 #AC40C3 #C06FD2 #D49DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AC40C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AC40C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40C3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40C3	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)

#1069C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B74C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD577C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.210 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87dd6',
    500: '#ac40c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40c3;
$custom-light: #c87dd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.466,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.574,
    "c": 0.20999,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40C3

secondary

#9DCC92

accent

#DC4C65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFA

border

#D2CAD3

text

#140A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40C3

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

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