#AC40CE#AC40CE

#AC40CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.220 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40CE
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 63.97, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 83.37, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1606 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.22 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9856, 16.8949, 60.0621)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40CE #62CE40

analogous

#6540CE #AC40CE #CE40A9

triadic

#AC40CE #CEAC40 #40CEAC

tetradic

#AC40CE #CE6540 #62CE40 #40A9CE

square

#AC40CE #CE6540 #62CE40 #40A9CE

split-complementary

#AC40CE #A9CE40 #40CE65

monochromatic

#611E75 #892BA6 #AC40CE #C171DA #D6A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AC40CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AC40CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40CE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40CE	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4275CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.220 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ede',
    500: '#ac40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40ce;
$custom-light: #c97ede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58084,
    "c": 0.21986,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40CE

secondary

#A5D496

accent

#E2456B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9EFFB

border

#D2CAD4

text

#140A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40CE

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

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