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#AC8AD6 Color

#AC8AD6 is rgb(172, 138, 214) in RGB, hsl(267, 48%, 69%) in HSL, and about cmyk(20%, 36%, 0%, 16%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678B6), visibly different at ΔE 10.25. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AC8AD6
HEX#AC8AD6
RGBrgb(172, 138, 214)
HSLhsl(267, 48%, 69%)
HSVhsv(267, 36%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 36%, 0%, 16%)
OKLCHoklch(69.4% 0.114 304.1)
LABlab(62.91% 24.52 -34.39)
LCHlch(62.91% 42.23 305.49)

What #AC8AD6 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AC8AD6, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Purple Mountain Majesty#9678B6ΔE 10.25Middle Blue Purple#8B72BEΔE 10.52Light Pastel Purple#B19CD9ΔE 10.76Lavender Purple#967BB6ΔE 11.05Heather#9E7BB5ΔE 11.08African Violet#B284BEΔE 11.2

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every purple in the library.

#AC8AD6 Channel Values

How #AC8AD6 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 172 · G 138 · B 2148-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 267° · S 48% · L 69%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 267° · S 36% · V 84%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 20% · M 36% · Y 0% · K 16%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance2.85:1 vs white · 7.36:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AC8AD6 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text2.85:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text7.36:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AC8AD6 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AC8AD6

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AC8AD6; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#AC8AD6
Complementary
#B4D68A
Analogous
#8A8ED6
Analogous
#D28AD6
Triadic
#D6AC8A
Triadic
#8AD6AC
Split comp.
#D6D28A
Split comp.
#8ED68A

Tints & Shades of #AC8AD6

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B799DB
#C2A8E1
#CCB7E6
#DACAEC
#E4D9F2
#EFE8F7

Shades

#9468CA
#7942BD
#64369B
#4E2A79
#381E57
#201131

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AC8AD6.

How #AC8AD6 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AC8AD6
Protanopia#9191D6
Protanomaly#9C8ED6
Deuteranopia#9696D5
Deuteranomaly#9F92D6
Tritanopia#A29696
Tritanomaly#A692B3
Achromatopsia#999999

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AC8AD6 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ac8ad6: #AC8AD6;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AC8AD6;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ac8ad6': '#AC8AD6' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.541, blue: 0.839)
Android XML<color name="color_ac8ad6">#AC8AD6</color>
SVG fillfill="#AC8AD6"

More Purple Colors

#AC8AD6 sits in the purple family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#AC8AD6 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AC8AD6?

#AC8AD6 is a light purple — rgb(172, 138, 214) in RGB and hsl(267, 48%, 69%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Purple Mountain Majesty (#9678B6), which is visibly different at a CIE76 distance of 10.25.

What is the RGB value of #AC8AD6?

#AC8AD6 is rgb(172, 138, 214) — red 172, green 138, and blue 214 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AC8AD6?

#AC8AD6 converts to approximately cmyk(20%, 36%, 0%, 16%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AC8AD6 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AC8AD6 scores 2.85:1 against white and 7.36:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AC8AD6 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AC8AD6 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is plum (#DDA0DD) at a CIE76 distance of 17.46, which is visibly different.

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