#AC9EBC#AC9EBC

#AC9EBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.046 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9EBC
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(268, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(268, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 10.88, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 17.41, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.027 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.046 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3156, 36.8553, 52.6625)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9EBC #AEBC9E

analogous

#9E9FBC #AC9EBC #BB9EBC

triadic

#AC9EBC #BCAC9E #9EBCAC

tetradic

#AC9EBC #BC9E9F #AEBC9E #9EBCBB

square

#AC9EBC #BC9E9F #AEBC9E #9EBCBB

split-complementary

#AC9EBC #BCBB9E #9FBC9E

monochromatic

#6E5B84 #8D7AA3 #AC9EBC #CBC2D5 #EAE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AC9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AC9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9EBC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9EBC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.046 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bad0',
    500: '#ac9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9ebc;
$custom-light: #c4bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.04554,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9EBC

secondary

#DBE0D6

accent

#9D4976

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9EBC

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

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