#AC40D9#AC40D9

#AC40D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.230 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40D9
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 66.14, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 88.40, 318.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1596 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.23 314)
XYZ	xyz(31.3689, 17.4482, 67.3476)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40D9 #6DD940

analogous

#6040D9 #AC40D9 #D940B9

triadic

#AC40D9 #D9AC40 #40D9AC

tetradic

#AC40D9 #D96040 #6DD940 #40B9D9

square

#AC40D9 #D96040 #6DD940 #40B9D9

split-complementary

#AC40D9 #B9D940 #40D960

monochromatic

#651A84 #8C24B7 #AC40D9 #C273E3 #D8A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AC40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AC40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40D9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40D9	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3677D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A86089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.230 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ee5',
    500: '#ac40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40d9;
$custom-light: #c97ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58799,
    "c": 0.22985,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.17447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40D9

secondary

#ADDA9A

accent

#EA3E71

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFC

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40D9

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

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