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#ac96cd

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

RGB
172, 150, 205
HSL
264°, 36%, 70%
CMYK
16, 27, 0, 20
Luminance
0.3499

Every format

HEX#ac96cd
RGBrgb(172, 150, 205)
HSLhsl(264, 36%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 27%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(65.7 19.0 -25.2)
LCHlch(65.7 31.6 307.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.712 0.082 302.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ac96cd;
background-color: #ac96cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ac96cd] bg-[#ac96cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ac96cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.588, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ac96cd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ac96cd on white: 2.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ac96cd on black: 8.00:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green58.8%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.1%
Magenta26.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#ac96cd text on a black background

contrast 8.00:1

Card sample

#ac96cd text on a white background

contrast 2.63:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ac96cd;
Background color
Panel with #ac96cd background
background-color: #ac96cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ac96cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 150, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 150, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ac96cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac96cd, #CD96C9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ac96cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ac96cd in the Color Lab