#AC97DB#AC97DB

#AC97DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC97DB
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 21.62, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 38.44, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0468 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.099 298)
XYZ	xyz(40.8632, 36.0181, 71.8035)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC97DB #C6DB97

analogous

#97A4DB #AC97DB #CE97DB

triadic

#AC97DB #DBAC97 #97DBAC

tetradic

#AC97DB #DB97A4 #C6DB97 #97DBCE

square

#AC97DB #DB97A4 #C6DB97 #97DBCE

split-complementary

#AC97DB #DBCE97 #A4DB97

monochromatic

#6540B8 #886ACB #AC97DB #D0C4EB #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AC97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AC97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC97DB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC97DB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5e6',
    500: '#ac97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac97db;
$custom-light: #c5b5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.529,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.36018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC97DB

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC2A8F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC97DB

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

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