#AC40CC#AC40CC

#AC40CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.218 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40CC
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 68.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 63.58, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 82.46, 320.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1607 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.218 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7442, 16.7983, 58.7907)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40CC #60CC40

analogous

#6640CC #AC40CC #CC40A6

triadic

#AC40CC #CCAC40 #40CCAC

tetradic

#AC40CC #CC6640 #60CC40 #40A6CC

square

#AC40CC #CC6640 #60CC40 #40A6CC

split-complementary

#AC40CC #A6CC40 #40CC66

monochromatic

#601F73 #882CA3 #AC40CC #C170D9 #D6A1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AC40CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AC40CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40CC

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40CC	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4475C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB5B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.218 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ddc',
    500: '#ac40cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40cc;
$custom-light: #c97ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57957,
    "c": 0.21806,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40CC

secondary

#A3D295

accent

#E1476A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40CC

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

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