#AC9DD4#AC9DD4

#AC9DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.080 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9DD4
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(256, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 16.64, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 30.90, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0362 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.08 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9513, 37.6378, 67.3820)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9DD4 #C5D49D

analogous

#9DA9D4 #AC9DD4 #C89DD4

triadic

#AC9DD4 #D4AC9D #9DD4AC

tetradic

#AC9DD4 #D49DA9 #C5D49D #9DD4C8

square

#AC9DD4 #D49DA9 #C5D49D #9DD4C8

split-complementary

#AC9DD4 #D4C89D #A9D49D

monochromatic

#654BAB #8872C1 #AC9DD4 #D0C8E7 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AC9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AC9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9DD4

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9DD4	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.080 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bae1',
    500: '#ac9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9dd4;
$custom-light: #c5bae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72839,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9DD4

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#B2348F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9DD4

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

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