#AC9CD3#AC9CD3

#AC9CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.080 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9CD3
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(257, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 16.97, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 30.99, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0374 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.08 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6571, 37.2505, 66.6635)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9CD3 #C3D39C

analogous

#9CA8D3 #AC9CD3 #C89CD3

triadic

#AC9CD3 #D3AC9C #9CD3AC

tetradic

#AC9CD3 #D39CA8 #C3D39C #9CD3C8

square

#AC9CD3 #D39CA8 #C3D39C #9CD3C8

split-complementary

#AC9CD3 #D3C89C #A8D39C

monochromatic

#674BA9 #8872C0 #AC9CD3 #D0C6E6 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AC9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AC9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9CD3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9CD3	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.080 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b9e0',
    500: '#ac9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9cd3;
$custom-light: #c5b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9CD3

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B1348D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9CD3

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

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