#AC9DE5#AC9DE5

#AC9DE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9DE5
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 31.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 20.59, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 40.07, 300.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0409 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.104 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2097, 38.5412, 79.2762)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9DE5 #D6E59D

analogous

#9DB2E5 #AC9DE5 #D09DE5

triadic

#AC9DE5 #E5AC9D #9DE5AC

tetradic

#AC9DE5 #E59DB2 #D6E59D #9DE5D0

square

#AC9DE5 #E59DB2 #D6E59D #9DE5D0

split-complementary

#AC9DE5 #E5D09D #B2E59D

monochromatic

#5A3CCB #836DD8 #AC9DE5 #D5CDF2 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AC9DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AC9DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9DE5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9DE5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6baed',
    500: '#ac9de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9de5;
$custom-light: #c6baed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7357,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9DE5

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C620A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9DE5

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

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