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#AC8EE3

#ac8ee3 ≈ Floral Lavender

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ac8ee3 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 55.69% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.23% cyan, 37.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 261.18°, with 60.28% saturation and 72.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Floral Lavender (#b57edc), ΔE 5.41.

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Relative luminance0.3366

Complementary

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #c5e38e

Split complementary

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #e3d68e
  3. #9ae38e

Analogous

  1. #8e9ae3
  2. #ac8ee3
  3. #d68ee3

Triadic

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #e3ac8e
  3. #8ee3ac

Tetradic

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #e38ec5
  3. #c5e38e
  4. #8ee3ac

Square

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #e38e9a
  3. #c5e38e
  4. #8ee3d6

Monochromatic

  1. #592bad
  2. #7f51d4
  3. #ac8ee3
  4. #d9cbf2
  5. #f3effb

Shades

#ac8ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #9b80cc
  3. #8a72b6
  4. #78639f
  5. #675588
  6. #564772
  7. #45395b
  8. #342b44
  9. #221c2d
  10. #110e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac8ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #b499e6
  3. #bda5e9
  4. #c5b0eb
  5. #cdbbee
  6. #d6c7f1
  7. #ded2f4
  8. #e6ddf7
  9. #eee8f9
  10. #f7f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac8ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac8ee3
  2. #a88dd9
  3. #a38bcf
  4. #9f8ac5
  5. #9a88bb
  6. #9687b2
  7. #9286a8
  8. #8d849e
  9. #898394
  10. #84818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a397bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #799de6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e9ce1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a29cae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9097e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9397e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a697c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac8ee3 {
  color: #ac8ee3;
}
Background
.bg-ac8ee3 {
  background-color: #ac8ee3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac8ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #ac8ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac8ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 142 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 60% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac8ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8ee3, #d68ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac8ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 142 227 / 0.35);
}

#b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.41 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 8.83 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 9.42 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 9.44 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.47 #df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 11.53 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 11.77 #53711c Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Floral Lavender
#ac8ee3  rgb(172, 142, 227)  hsl(261, 60%, 72%)  Floral Lavender
#c5e38e  rgb(197, 227, 142)  hsl(81, 60%, 72%)  June Bud
#e3ac8e  rgb(227, 172, 142)  hsl(21, 60%, 72%)  Tumbleweed
#8ee3ac  rgb(142, 227, 172)  hsl(141, 60%, 72%)  Celadon