#ac8ac0

Color #ac8ac0

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 14.68 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 12.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ac8ac0

RGB

rgb(172, 138, 192)

HSL

hsl(277.8, 30%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.8, 28.1%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.4%, 28.1%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(62.3, 22.97, -23.23)

LCH

lch(62.3, 32.67, 314.68)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0862, 312.65)

HWB

hwb(277.8, 54.1%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ec08a

Analogous

#918ac0

#ac8ac0

#c08ab9

Triadic

#ac8ac0

#c0ac8a

#8ac0ac

Split-complementary

#ac8ac0

#b9c08a

#8ac091

Tetradic

#ac8ac0

#c08a9e

#9ec08a

#8ac0ac

Square

#ac8ac0

#c0918a

#9ec08a

#8ab9c0

Shades

Color #ac8ac0 mixed toward black.

#9366ad

#774d8f

#593a6b

#3b2647

#1e1324

Tints

Color #ac8ac0 mixed toward white.

#ba9dca

#c8b1d5

#d6c4df

#e3d8ea

#f1ebf4

Tones

Color #ac8ac0 mixed toward gray.

#ab8ebb

#aa93b7

#a897b2

#a79cae

#a6a0a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9e9eb5 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#a0a3b2 · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#ababa9 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac8ac0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac8ac0]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac8ac0 (#ac8ac0) is rgb(172, 138, 192) in RGB.

No, #ac8ac0 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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