#AC40EF#AC40EF

#AC40EF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.250 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC40EF
RGB	rgb(172, 64, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 85%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 73.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 70.63, -68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 98.54, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.1565 -0.1949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.25 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4235, 18.6700, 83.4349)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC40EF #83EF40

analogous

#5540EF #AC40EF #EF40DA

triadic

#AC40EF #EFAC40 #40EFAC

tetradic

#AC40EF #EF5540 #83EF40 #40DAEF

square

#AC40EF #EF5540 #83EF40 #40DAEF

split-complementary

#AC40EF #DAEF40 #40EF55

monochromatic

#6C0EA7 #9113DF #AC40EF #C578F4 #DDB1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#AC40EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#AC40EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC40EF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC40EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC40EF	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0079EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac40ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 64, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.250 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7ff5',
    500: '#ac40ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac40ef;
$custom-light: #ca7ff5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac40ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.029,
    "s": 84.541,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60317,
    "c": 0.25,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC40EF

secondary

#BDE7A3

accent

#FB2D7C

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAEFFF

border

#D3CAD7

text

#140B17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC40EF

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

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