#AC9EB4#AC9EB4

#AC9EB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9EB4
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 9.25, -9.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 13.27, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0241 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4770, 36.5199, 48.2459)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9EB4 #A6B49E

analogous

#A19EB4 #AC9EB4 #B49EB1

triadic

#AC9EB4 #B4AC9E #9EB4AC

tetradic

#AC9EB4 #B4A19E #A6B49E #9EB1B4

square

#AC9EB4 #B4A19E #A6B49E #9EB1B4

split-complementary

#AC9EB4 #B1B49E #9EB4A1

monochromatic

#705E7A #8E7B99 #AC9EB4 #CAC1CF #E7E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AC9EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AC9EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9EB4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9EB4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4baca',
    500: '#ac9eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9eb4;
$custom-light: #c4baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71829,
    "c": 0.0351,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9EB4

secondary

#D6DAD3

accent

#974F69

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9EB4

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

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