#AC51E6#AC51E6

#AC51E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.221 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC51E6
RGB	rgb(172, 81, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, 61.56, -60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 86.31, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.1406 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.221 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2358, 20.3693, 76.9757)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC51E6 #8BE651

analogous

#6151E6 #AC51E6 #E651D6

triadic

#AC51E6 #E6AC51 #51E6AC

tetradic

#AC51E6 #E66151 #8BE651 #51D6E6

square

#AC51E6 #E66151 #8BE651 #51D6E6

split-complementary

#AC51E6 #D6E651 #51E661

monochromatic

#6E18A5 #921FDA #AC51E6 #C687EE #DFBCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#AC51E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#AC51E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC51E6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC51E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC51E6	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac51e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 81, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.221 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c987ef',
    500: '#ac51e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac51e6;
$custom-light: #c987ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac51e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.644,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61521,
    "c": 0.22129,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC51E6

secondary

#C3E5AD

accent

#D70E5D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC51E6

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

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