#AC8AEE#AC8AEE

#AC8AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.146 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8AEE
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 33.47, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 56.76, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0689 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.146 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5307, 33.1203, 85.0772)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8AEE #CCEE8A

analogous

#8A9AEE #AC8AEE #DE8AEE

triadic

#AC8AEE #EEAC8A #8AEEAC

tetradic

#AC8AEE #EE8A9A #CCEE8A #8AEEDE

square

#AC8AEE #EE8A9A #CCEE8A #8AEEDE

split-complementary

#AC8AEE #EEDE8A #9AEE8A

monochromatic

#6120DD #8655E6 #AC8AEE #D2BFF6 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AC8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8AEE

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8AEE	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.146 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7acf4',
    500: '#ac8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8aee;
$custom-light: #c7acf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70532,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8AEE

secondary

#EAF3D8

accent

#D70F93

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8AEE

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

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