#ac3ce5

Color #ac3ce5

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class purple-500 #ad46ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ac3ce5

RGB

rgb(172, 60, 229)

HSL

hsl(279.8, 76.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.8, 73.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.9%, 73.8%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(49.08, 70.08, -65.04)

LCH

lch(49.08, 95.61, 317.14)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.2451, 311.31)

HWB

hwb(279.8, 23.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#75e53c

Analogous

#583ce5

#ac3ce5

#e53cc9

Triadic

#ac3ce5

#e5ac3c

#3ce5ac

Split-complementary

#ac3ce5

#c9e53c

#3ce558

Tetradic

#ac3ce5

#e53c75

#75e53c

#3ce5ac

Square

#ac3ce5

#e5583c

#75e53c

#3cc9e5

Shades

Color #ac3ce5 mixed toward black.

#971cd5

#7817aa

#5a1180

#3c0b55

#1e062b

Tints

Color #ac3ce5 mixed toward white.

#ba5de9

#c87dee

#d69ef2

#e3bef6

#f1dffb

Tones

Color #ac3ce5 mixed toward gray.

#a84ad7

#a358c9

#9e66bb

#9a74ad

#95839f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.53:1

White text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a89cc · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#8f95c6 · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#a9b5b0 · ΔE 37.1

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 30.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac3ce5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac3ce5]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ac3ce5 (#ac3ce5) is rgb(172, 60, 229) in RGB.

No, #ac3ce5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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