#ac74ca

Color #ac74ca

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 14.16 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ac74ca

RGB

rgb(172, 116, 202)

HSL

hsl(279.1, 44.8%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.1, 42.6%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.9%, 42.6%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(57.58, 37.47, -36.19)

LCH

lch(57.58, 52.09, 316)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.137, 313.02)

HWB

hwb(279.1, 45.5%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#92ca74

Analogous

#8174ca

#ac74ca

#ca74bd

Triadic

#ac74ca

#caac74

#74caac

Split-complementary

#ac74ca

#bdca74

#74ca81

Tetradic

#ac74ca

#ca7492

#92ca74

#74caac

Square

#ac74ca

#ca8174

#92ca74

#74bdca

Shades

Color #ac74ca mixed toward black.

#954ebb

#783b9a

#5a2c73

#3c1d4d

#1e0f26

Tints

Color #ac74ca mixed toward white.

#ba8bd3

#c8a2dc

#d6bae5

#e3d1ed

#f1e8f6

Tones

Color #ac74ca mixed toward gray.

#aa7bc3

#a882bc

#a68ab5

#a391ad

#a198a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9797ba · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#9a9eb6 · ΔE 17.8

Tritanopia

#aaaca8 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac74ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac74ca]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ac74ca (#ac74ca) is rgb(172, 116, 202) in RGB.

No, #ac74ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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