#ac96b9

Color #ac96b9

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 16.24 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ac96b9

RGB

rgb(172, 150, 185)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 20%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 18.9%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(65.03, 14.74, -15.14)

LCH

lch(65.03, 21.13, 314.23)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0558, 312.9)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 58.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3b996

Analogous

#9b96b9

#ac96b9

#b996b5

Triadic

#ac96b9

#b9ac96

#96b9ac

Split-complementary

#ac96b9

#b5b996

#96b99b

Tetradic

#ac96b9

#b996a3

#a3b996

#96b9ac

Square

#ac96b9

#b99b96

#a3b996

#96b5b9

Shades

Color #ac96b9 mixed toward black.

#9275a3

#755986

#584365

#3b2d43

#1d1622

Tints

Color #ac96b9 mixed toward white.

#baa8c5

#c8b9d0

#d6cbdc

#e3dce8

#f1eef3

Tones

Color #ac96b9 mixed toward gray.

#ab99b6

#ab9cb3

#aa9fb0

#a9a2ad

#a8a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3b1 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#a4a6af · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#ababaa · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac96b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac96b9]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ac96b9 (#ac96b9) is rgb(172, 150, 185) in RGB.

No, #ac96b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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