#AC40D8#AC40D8

#AC40D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.229 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40D8
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(283, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 65.94, -58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 87.94, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1597 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.229 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2392, 17.3964, 66.6647)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40D8 #6CD840

analogous

#6040D8 #AC40D8 #D840B8

triadic

#AC40D8 #D8AC40 #40D8AC

tetradic

#AC40D8 #D86040 #6CD840 #40B8D8

square

#AC40D8 #D86040 #6CD840 #40B8D8

split-complementary

#AC40D8 #B8D840 #40D860

monochromatic

#651B83 #8C25B6 #AC40D8 #C273E2 #D8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#AC40D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#AC40D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40D8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40D8	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3876D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.229 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ee5',
    500: '#ac40d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40d8;
$custom-light: #c97ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.632,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58733,
    "c": 0.22893,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40D8

secondary

#ACDA9A

accent

#E93F70

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40D8

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

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