#AC8EBD#AC8EBD

#AC8EBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.075 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8EBD
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 20.08, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 28.49, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0515 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.075 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8701, 31.7912, 52.3809)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8EBD #9FBD8E

analogous

#958EBD #AC8EBD #BD8EB6

triadic

#AC8EBD #BDAC8E #8EBDAC

tetradic

#AC8EBD #BD958E #9FBD8E #8EB6BD

square

#AC8EBD #BD958E #9FBD8E #8EB6BD

split-complementary

#AC8EBD #B6BD8E #8EBD95

monochromatic

#704D84 #9067A6 #AC8EBD #C8B5D4 #E5DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AC8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AC8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8EBD

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8EBD	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.075 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5afd1',
    500: '#ac8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8ebd;
$custom-light: #c5afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69031,
    "c": 0.0753,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8EBD

secondary

#D1DBCB

accent

#A54165

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8EBD

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

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