#ac9bc8

Color #ac9bc8

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9bc8

RGB

rgb(172, 155, 200)

HSL

hsl(262.7, 29%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(262.7, 22.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(14%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(66.81, 15.1, -20.82)

LCH

lch(66.81, 25.72, 305.95)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0669, 302.05)

HWB

hwb(262.7, 60.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7c89b

Analogous

#9ba0c8

#ac9bc8

#c29bc8

Triadic

#ac9bc8

#c8ac9b

#9bc8ac

Split-complementary

#ac9bc8

#c8c29b

#a0c89b

Tetradic

#ac9bc8

#c89bb7

#b7c89b

#9bc8ac

Square

#ac9bc8

#c89ba0

#b7c89b

#9bc8c2

Shades

Color #ac9bc8 mixed toward black.

#8c75b3

#6e5499

#523f72

#372a4c

#1b1526

Tints

Color #ac9bc8 mixed toward white.

#baacd1

#c8bcda

#d6cde3

#e3deed

#f1eef6

Tones

Color #ac9bc8 mixed toward gray.

#ad9fc4

#aea2c0

#afa6bd

#b0aab9

#b1aeb5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5be · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#a6a7bc · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#abb6b4 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 18

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9bc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9bc8]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#ac9bc8 (#ac9bc8) is rgb(172, 155, 200) in RGB.

No, #ac9bc8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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