#ac9dc7

Color #ac9dc7

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.44 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9dc7

RGB

rgb(172, 157, 199)

HSL

hsl(261.4, 27.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.4, 21.1%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(67.28, 13.76, -19.54)

LCH

lch(67.28, 23.9, 305.15)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0622, 301.18)

HWB

hwb(261.4, 61.6%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8c79d

Analogous

#9da3c7

#ac9dc7

#c19dc7

Triadic

#ac9dc7

#c7ac9d

#9dc7ac

Split-complementary

#ac9dc7

#c7c19d

#a3c79d

Tetradic

#ac9dc7

#c79db8

#b8c79d

#9dc7ac

Square

#ac9dc7

#c79da3

#b8c79d

#9dc7c1

Shades

Color #ac9dc7 mixed toward black.

#8c77b1

#6d5697

#524171

#372b4c

#1b1626

Tints

Color #ac9dc7 mixed toward white.

#baadd0

#c8beda

#d5cee3

#e3deec

#f1eff6

Tones

Color #ac9dc7 mixed toward gray.

#ada0c4

#aea4c0

#afa7bd

#b0abb9

#b1aeb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a6a6be · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#a7a8bc · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#abb6b5 · ΔE 20.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9dc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9dc7]

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

#ac9dc7 (#ac9dc7) is rgb(172, 157, 199) in RGB.

No, #ac9dc7 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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