#ac38f6

Color #ac38f6

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 9.26 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ac38f6

RGB

rgb(172, 56, 246)

HSL

hsl(276.6, 91.3%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.6, 77.2%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.1%, 77.2%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(49.8, 74.95, -73.44)

LCH

lch(49.8, 104.93, 315.58)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.2642, 307.77)

HWB

hwb(276.6, 22%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82f638

Analogous

#4d38f6

#ac38f6

#f638e1

Triadic

#ac38f6

#f6ac38

#38f6ac

Split-complementary

#ac38f6

#e1f638

#38f64d

Tetradic

#ac38f6

#f63882

#82f638

#38f6ac

Square

#ac38f6

#f64d38

#82f638

#38e1f6

Shades

Color #ac38f6 mixed toward black.

#970bf1

#7909c1

#5b0790

#3c0460

#1e0230

Tints

Color #ac38f6 mixed toward white.

#ba59f7

#c87af9

#d59bfa

#e3bdfc

#f1defd

Tones

Color #ac38f6 mixed toward gray.

#a848e6

#a558d6

#a167c6

#9e77b7

#9a87a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8988db · ΔE 19.8

Deuteranopia

#8f95d4 · ΔE 23.7

Tritanopia

#a8c2bc · ΔE 38.6

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 31.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac38f6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac38f6]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Violet #9400d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac38f6 (#ac38f6) is rgb(172, 56, 246) in RGB.

No, #ac38f6 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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