#AC97E2#AC97E2

#AC97E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC97E2
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(257, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 23.26, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 42.20, 303.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0485 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.109 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8042, 36.3945, 76.7592)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC97E2 #CDE297

analogous

#97A8E2 #AC97E2 #D297E2

triadic

#AC97E2 #E2AC97 #97E2AC

tetradic

#AC97E2 #E297A8 #CDE297 #97E2D2

square

#AC97E2 #E297A8 #CDE297 #97E2D2

split-complementary

#AC97E2 #E2D297 #A8E297

monochromatic

#6038C7 #8667D5 #AC97E2 #D2C7EF #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AC97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AC97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC97E2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC97E2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b5eb',
    500: '#ac97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac97e2;
$custom-light: #c6b5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC97E2

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C42296

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC97E2

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

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