#AC40E1#AC40E1

#AC40E1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.237 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40E1
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 67.75, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 92.08, 317.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1587 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.237 312)
XYZ	xyz(32.4348, 17.8746, 72.9611)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40E1 #75E140

analogous

#5B40E1 #AC40E1 #E140C6

triadic

#AC40E1 #E1AC40 #40E1AC

tetradic

#AC40E1 #E15B40 #75E140 #40C6E1

square

#AC40E1 #E15B40 #75E140 #40C6E1

split-complementary

#AC40E1 #C6E140 #40E15B

monochromatic

#681790 #8E1FC5 #AC40E1 #C375E9 #DAAAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#AC40E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#AC40E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC40E1

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC40E1	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B77DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6648D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.237 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97eeb',
    500: '#ac40e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40e1;
$custom-light: #c97eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.248,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.23715,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.17874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40E1

secondary

#B3DF9D

accent

#F03875

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40E1

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

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