#AC40D5#AC40D5

#AC40D5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.226 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40D5
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 65.34, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 86.56, 319.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.16 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.226 315)
XYZ	xyz(30.8549, 17.2426, 64.6407)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40D5 #69D540

analogous

#6240D5 #AC40D5 #D540B3

triadic

#AC40D5 #D5AC40 #40D5AC

tetradic

#AC40D5 #D56240 #69D540 #40B3D5

square

#AC40D5 #D56240 #69D540 #40B3D5

split-complementary

#AC40D5 #B3D540 #40D562

monochromatic

#641C7F #8B27B1 #AC40D5 #C272E0 #D8A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#AC40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#AC40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40D5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40D5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B76D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A95F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.226 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ee3',
    500: '#ac40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40d5;
$custom-light: #c97ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.49,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58536,
    "c": 0.2262,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.17242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40D5

secondary

#AAD899

accent

#E7416F

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40D5

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

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