#AC55E3#AC55E3

#AC55E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.213 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC55E3
RGB	rgb(172, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(277, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 59.05, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 82.77, 315.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.1362 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.213 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1242, 20.8144, 74.8781)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC55E3 #8CE355

analogous

#6555E3 #AC55E3 #E355D3

triadic

#AC55E3 #E3AC55 #55E3AC

tetradic

#AC55E3 #E36555 #8CE355 #55D3E3

square

#AC55E3 #E36555 #8CE355 #55D3E3

split-complementary

#AC55E3 #D3E355 #55E365

monochromatic

#6E1BA3 #9223D7 #AC55E3 #C68AEC #DFBEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#AC55E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#AC55E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC55E3

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC55E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC55E3	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#047AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac55e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.213 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98aec',
    500: '#ac55e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac55e3;
$custom-light: #c98aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac55e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.761,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61818,
    "c": 0.2129,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC55E3

secondary

#C4E5AF

accent

#D4125D

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC55E3

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

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