#AC9EB6#AC9EB6

#AC9EB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.038 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9EB6
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(275, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 9.65, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 14.29, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0249 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.038 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6822, 36.6020, 49.3266)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9EB6 #A8B69E

analogous

#A09EB6 #AC9EB6 #B69EB4

triadic

#AC9EB6 #B6AC9E #9EB6AC

tetradic

#AC9EB6 #B6A09E #A8B69E #9EB4B6

square

#AC9EB6 #B6A09E #A8B69E #9EB4B6

split-complementary

#AC9EB6 #B4B69E #9EB6A0

monochromatic

#6F5D7C #8E7B9C #AC9EB6 #CAC1D0 #E8E4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AC9EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AC9EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9EB6

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9EB6	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.038 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bacb',
    500: '#ac9eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9eb6;
$custom-light: #c4bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71898,
    "c": 0.03765,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9EB6

secondary

#D7DCD4

accent

#984D6C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9EB6

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

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