#AC48E4#AC48E4

#AC48E4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.231 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC48E4
RGB	rgb(172, 72, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 65.11, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 89.82, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.1504 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.231 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3315, 19.0076, 75.2967)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC48E4 #80E448

analogous

#5E48E4 #AC48E4 #E448CE

triadic

#AC48E4 #E4AC48 #48E4AC

tetradic

#AC48E4 #E45E48 #80E448 #48CEE4

square

#AC48E4 #E45E48 #80E448 #48CEE4

split-complementary

#AC48E4 #CEE448 #48E45E

monochromatic

#6B179B #901FD0 #AC48E4 #C47DEC #DCB3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#AC48E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#AC48E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC48E4

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC48E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC48E4	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac48e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 72, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.231 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c982ed',
    500: '#ac48e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac48e4;
$custom-light: #c982ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac48e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60364,
    "c": 0.23065,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC48E4

secondary

#BBE3A5

accent

#F1377A

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9EFFD

border

#D2CAD5

text

#140B16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC48E4

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

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