#AC9CB4#AC9CB4

#AC9CB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.039 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9CB4
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(280, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 10.37, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 14.60, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0272 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.039 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1386, 35.8432, 48.1331)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9CB4 #A4B49C

analogous

#A09CB4 #AC9CB4 #B49CB0

triadic

#AC9CB4 #B4AC9C #9CB4AC

tetradic

#AC9CB4 #B4A09C #A4B49C #9CB0B4

square

#AC9CB4 #B4A09C #A4B49C #9CB0B4

split-complementary

#AC9CB4 #B0B49C #9CB4A0

monochromatic

#705C7A #8F799A #AC9CB4 #C9BFCE #E6E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AC9CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AC9CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9CB4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9CB4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.039 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9ca',
    500: '#ac9cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9cb4;
$custom-light: #c4b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.03871,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9CB4

secondary

#D5DAD2

accent

#984E66

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9CB4

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

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