#ac2aef

Color #ac2aef

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Violet #9400d3 · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class purple-600 #9810fa · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ac2aef

RGB

rgb(172, 42, 239)

HSL

hsl(279.6, 86%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.6, 82.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28%, 82.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(47.83, 77.78, -72.72)

LCH

lch(47.83, 106.48, 316.93)

OKLCH

oklch(58.6%, 0.2696, 309.97)

HWB

hwb(279.6, 16.5%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6def2a

Analogous

#4a2aef

#ac2aef

#ef2acf

Triadic

#ac2aef

#efac2a

#2aefac

Split-complementary

#ac2aef

#cfef2a

#2aef4a

Tetradic

#ac2aef

#ef2a6d

#6def2a

#2aefac

Square

#ac2aef

#ef4a2a

#6def2a

#2acfef

Shades

Color #ac2aef mixed toward black.

#9510da

#770dae

#5a0a83

#3c0757

#1e032c

Tints

Color #ac2aef mixed toward white.

#ba4ef2

#c871f4

#d695f7

#e3b8fa

#f1dcfc

Tones

Color #ac2aef mixed toward gray.

#a73adf

#a24bce

#9c5bbe

#976cad

#927c9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8787d4 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#8d94cd · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#a8bbb5 · ΔE 39.1

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 31.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac2aef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac2aef]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ac2aef (#ac2aef) is rgb(172, 42, 239) in RGB.

No, #ac2aef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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