#AC97AE#AC97AE

#AC97AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.041 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC97AE
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 174)
HSL	hsl(295, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 11.98, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 15.05, 322.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0326 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.041 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7188, 33.9603, 44.7095)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC97AE #99AE97

analogous

#A097AE #AC97AE #AE97A4

triadic

#AC97AE #AEAC97 #97AEAC

tetradic

#AC97AE #AEA097 #99AE97 #97A4AE

square

#AC97AE #AEA097 #99AE97 #97A4AE

split-complementary

#AC97AE #A4AE97 #97AEA0

monochromatic

#705972 #917593 #AC97AE #C7B9C9 #E3DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AC97AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AC97AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC97AE

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC97AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC97AE	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac97ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.041 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b5c6',
    500: '#ac97ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac97ae;
$custom-light: #c4b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac97ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70225,
    "c": 0.04072,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC97AE

secondary

#CDD4CC

accent

#974F55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC97AE

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

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