#AC9CAA#AC9CAA

#AC9CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.027 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9CAA
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 8.42, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 9.86, 328.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0235 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.027 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1564, 35.4503, 42.9603)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9CAA #9CAC9E

analogous

#A69CAC #AC9CAA #AC9CA2

triadic

#AC9CAA #AAAC9C #9CAAAC

tetradic

#AC9CAA #ACA69C #9CAC9E #9CA2AC

square

#AC9CAA #ACA69C #9CAC9E #9CA2AC

split-complementary

#AC9CAA #A2AC9C #9CACA6

monochromatic

#705E6E #907B8D #AC9CAA #C8BDC7 #E4DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AC9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AC9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9CAA

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9CAA	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.027 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9c3',
    500: '#ac9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9caa;
$custom-light: #c4b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.02712,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9CAA

secondary

#CFD5D0

accent

#935B53

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9CAA

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

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