#AC9CAE#AC9CAE

#AC9CAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.031 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9CAE
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 9.19, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 11.67, 321.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.025 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.031 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5406, 35.6039, 44.9835)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9CAE #9EAE9C

analogous

#A39CAE #AC9CAE #AE9CA7

triadic

#AC9CAE #AEAC9C #9CAEAC

tetradic

#AC9CAE #AEA39C #9EAE9C #9CA7AE

square

#AC9CAE #AEA39C #9EAE9C #9CA7AE

split-complementary

#AC9CAE #A7AE9C #9CAEA3

monochromatic

#705D72 #907A92 #AC9CAE #C8BECA #E4DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AC9CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AC9CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9CAE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9CAE	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.031 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9c6',
    500: '#ac9cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9cae;
$custom-light: #c4b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71224,
    "c": 0.03148,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9CAE

secondary

#D0D6D0

accent

#945159

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9CAE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →