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#ac2acd

a balanced, vivid violet · warm · closest name: purple

RGB
172, 42, 205
HSL
288°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
16, 80, 0, 20
Luminance
0.1483

Every format

HEX#ac2acd
RGBrgb(172, 42, 205)
HSLhsl(288, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 80%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(45.4 71.4 -57.3)
LCHlch(45.4 91.5 321.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.561 0.242 318.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ac2acd;
background-color: #ac2acd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ac2acd] bg-[#ac2acd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ac2acd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.165, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ac2acd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ac2acd on white: 5.29:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ac2acd on black: 3.97:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green16.5%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.1%
Magenta79.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#ac2acd text on a black background

contrast 3.97:1

Card sample

#ac2acd text on a white background

contrast 5.29:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ac2acd;
Background color
Panel with #ac2acd background
background-color: #ac2acd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ac2acd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 42, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 42, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ac2acd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac2acd, #CD2A81);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ac2acd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ac2acd in the Color Lab