#AC9CE5#AC9CE5

#AC9CE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9CE5
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 32%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 21.15, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 40.69, 301.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0423 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.105 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0412, 38.2042, 79.2201)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9CE5 #D5E59C

analogous

#9CB0E5 #AC9CE5 #D19CE5

triadic

#AC9CE5 #E5AC9C #9CE5AC

tetradic

#AC9CE5 #E59CB0 #D5E59C #9CE5D1

square

#AC9CE5 #E59CB0 #D5E59C #9CE5D1

split-complementary

#AC9CE5 #E5D19C #B0E59C

monochromatic

#5B3BCC #836CD8 #AC9CE5 #D5CCF2 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AC9CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AC9CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9CE5

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9CE5	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9ed',
    500: '#ac9ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9ce5;
$custom-light: #c6b9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.151,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9CE5

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C61FA2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9CE5

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

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