#ac9be7

Color #ac9be7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.3 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9be7

RGB

rgb(172, 155, 231)

HSL

hsl(253.4, 61.3%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.4, 32.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(68.01, 22.2, -36.11)

LCH

lch(68.01, 42.39, 301.58)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.1095, 293.8)

HWB

hwb(253.4, 60.8%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6e79b

Analogous

#9bb0e7

#ac9be7

#d29be7

Triadic

#ac9be7

#e7ac9b

#9be7ac

Split-complementary

#ac9be7

#e7d29b

#b0e79b

Tetradic

#ac9be7

#e79bd6

#d6e79b

#9be7ac

Square

#ac9be7

#e79bb0

#d6e79b

#9be7d2

Shades

Color #ac9be7 mixed toward black.

#8167db

#5633ce

#40259c

#2b1968

#150c34

Tints

Color #ac9be7 mixed toward white.

#baaceb

#c8bcef

#d6cdf3

#e3def7

#f1eefb

Tones

Color #ac9be7 mixed toward gray.

#b0a1e1

#b3a8da

#b7aed4

#bab4ce

#bebbc7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5d8 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#a6a7d4 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#abcbc8 · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9be7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9be7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ac9be7 (#ac9be7) is rgb(172, 155, 231) in RGB.

No, #ac9be7 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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