#AC40E3#AC40E3

#AC40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.239 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40E3
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(280, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 68.16, -63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 93.00, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1584 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.239 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7092, 17.9843, 74.4064)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40E3 #77E340

analogous

#5B40E3 #AC40E3 #E340C8

triadic

#AC40E3 #E3AC40 #40E3AC

tetradic

#AC40E3 #E35B40 #77E340 #40C8E3

square

#AC40E3 #E35B40 #77E340 #40C8E3

split-complementary

#AC40E3 #C8E340 #40E35B

monochromatic

#691693 #8F1DC8 #AC40E3 #C375EB #DAABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#AC40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#AC40E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC40E3

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC40E3	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0071E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2778DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.239 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7eed',
    500: '#ac40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40e3;
$custom-light: #ca7eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.755,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59475,
    "c": 0.23899,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40E3

secondary

#B5E19E

accent

#F13776

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40E3

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

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