#AC40DD#AC40DD

#AC40DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.234 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40DD
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 71%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 66.94, -60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 90.23, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1592 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.234 313)
XYZ	xyz(31.8955, 17.6589, 70.1209)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40DD #71DD40

analogous

#5D40DD #AC40DD #DD40BF

triadic

#AC40DD #DDAC40 #40DDAC

tetradic

#AC40DD #DD5D40 #71DD40 #40BFDD

square

#AC40DD #DD5D40 #71DD40 #40BFDD

split-complementary

#AC40DD #BFDD40 #40DD5D

monochromatic

#67198A #8D22BE #AC40DD #C374E6 #D9A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#AC40DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#AC40DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40DD

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40DD	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3177DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.234 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97ee8',
    500: '#ac40dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40dd;
$custom-light: #c97ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.274,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59067,
    "c": 0.2335,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.17658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40DD

secondary

#B0DD9C

accent

#ED3B73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40DD

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

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