#AC40C8#AC40C8

#AC40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.214 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40C8
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 62.81, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 80.65, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1609 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.214 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2706, 16.6089, 56.2964)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40C8 #5CC840

analogous

#6840C8 #AC40C8 #C840A0

triadic

#AC40C8 #C8AC40 #40C8AC

tetradic

#AC40C8 #C86840 #5CC840 #40A0C8

square

#AC40C8 #C86840 #5CC840 #40A0C8

split-complementary

#AC40C8 #A0C840 #40C868

monochromatic

#5E206E #862D9D #AC40C8 #C170D6 #D59FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#AC40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#AC40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40C8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40C8	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)

#006ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4875C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.214 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87dd9',
    500: '#ac40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40c8;
$custom-light: #c87dd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57707,
    "c": 0.21446,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40C8

secondary

#A0D094

accent

#DF4968

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40C8

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

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