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#ac55cd

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

RGB
172, 85, 205
HSL
284°, 55%, 57%
CMYK
16, 59, 0, 20
Luminance
0.1968

Every format

HEX#ac55cd
RGBrgb(172, 85, 205)
HSLhsl(284, 55%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 59%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(51.5 54.4 -47.5)
LCHlch(51.5 72.2 318.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.605 0.190 315.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ac55cd;
background-color: #ac55cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ac55cd] bg-[#ac55cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ac55cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.333, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ac55cd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ac55cd on white: 4.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ac55cd on black: 4.94:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green33.3%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.1%
Magenta58.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#ac55cd text on a black background

contrast 4.94:1

Card sample

#ac55cd text on a white background

contrast 4.26:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ac55cd;
Background color
Panel with #ac55cd background
background-color: #ac55cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ac55cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 85, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 85, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ac55cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac55cd, #CD559E);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ac55cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ac55cd in the Color Lab