#ac97d6

Color #ac97d6

A moderately saturated light purple.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 15.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ac97d6

RGB

rgb(172, 151, 214)

HSL

hsl(260, 43.4%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 29.4%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(66.34, 20.47, -29.32)

LCH

lch(66.34, 35.76, 304.92)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0926, 299.36)

HWB

hwb(260, 59.2%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1d697

Analogous

#97a2d6

#ac97d6

#cc97d6

Triadic

#ac97d6

#d6ac97

#97d6ac

Split-complementary

#ac97d6

#d6cc97

#a2d697

Tetradic

#ac97d6

#d697c1

#c1d697

#97d6ac

Square

#ac97d6

#d697a2

#c1d697

#97d6cc

Shades

Color #ac97d6 mixed toward black.

#896cc5

#6845af

#4e3483

#342257

#1a112c

Tints

Color #ac97d6 mixed toward white.

#baa8dd

#c8bae4

#d6cbeb

#e3dcf1

#f1eef8

Tones

Color #ac97d6 mixed toward gray.

#ae9cd1

#b0a2cc

#b1a7c6

#b3acc1

#b5b1bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3c9 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#a5a6c6 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#abbebc · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac97d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac97d6]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#ac97d6 (#ac97d6) is rgb(172, 151, 214) in RGB.

No, #ac97d6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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