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#ac8abc

a balanced, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
172, 138, 188
HSL
281°, 27%, 64%
CMYK
9, 27, 0, 26
Luminance
0.3058

Every format

HEX#ac8abc
RGBrgb(172, 138, 188)
HSLhsl(281, 27%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 27%, 0%, 26%)
LABlab(62.1 22.1 -21.2)
LCHlch(62.1 30.6 316.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.682 0.081 314.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ac8abc;
background-color: #ac8abc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ac8abc] bg-[#ac8abc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ac8abc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.541, blue: 0.737)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ac8abc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ac8abc on white: 2.95:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ac8abc on black: 7.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green54.1%
Blue73.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.5%
Magenta26.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)26.3%

Color previews

#ac8abc text on a black background

contrast 7.12:1

Card sample

#ac8abc text on a white background

contrast 2.95:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ac8abc;
Background color
Panel with #ac8abc background
background-color: #ac8abc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ac8abc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 138, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 138, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ac8abc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8abc, #BC8AAB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ac8abc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ac8abc in the Color Lab