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#ac9acd

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

RGB
172, 154, 205
HSL
261°, 34%, 70%
CMYK
16, 25, 0, 20
Luminance
0.3629

Every format

HEX#ac9acd
RGBrgb(172, 154, 205)
HSLhsl(261, 34%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(66.7 16.8 -23.7)
LCHlch(66.7 29.0 305.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.720 0.075 300.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ac9acd;
background-color: #ac9acd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ac9acd] bg-[#ac9acd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ac9acd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.604, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ac9acd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ac9acd on white: 2.54:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ac9acd on black: 8.26:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green60.4%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan16.1%
Magenta24.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#ac9acd text on a black background

contrast 8.26:1

Card sample

#ac9acd text on a white background

contrast 2.54:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ac9acd;
Background color
Panel with #ac9acd background
background-color: #ac9acd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ac9acd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 154, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 154, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ac9acd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac9acd, #CD9ACC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ac9acd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ac9acd in the Color Lab