#AC40DC#AC40DC

#AC40DC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.233 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40DC
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(282, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 66.74, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 89.77, 318.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1593 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.233 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7627, 17.6057, 69.4213)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40DC #70DC40

analogous

#5E40DC #AC40DC #DC40BE

triadic

#AC40DC #DCAC40 #40DCAC

tetradic

#AC40DC #DC5E40 #70DC40 #40BEDC

square

#AC40DC #DC5E40 #70DC40 #40BEDC

split-complementary

#AC40DC #BEDC40 #40DC5E

monochromatic

#661989 #8D23BC #AC40DC #C274E5 #D9A7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#AC40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#AC40DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40DC

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40DC	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3377D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7628A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.233 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ee8',
    500: '#ac40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40dc;
$custom-light: #c97ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59,
    "c": 0.23258,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40DC

secondary

#AFDC9B

accent

#EC3C72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40DC

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

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