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#AC75FF — Light Vivid Purple

#AC75FF is a purple color we call Light Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #AC75FF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AC75FF is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C8FF75; it also sits naturally between #7583FF and #F175FF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AC75FF · RGB 172, 117, 255

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Color values

HEX#AC75FF
RGB172, 117, 255
HSL264°, 100%, 73%
HSV264°, 54%, 100%
CMYK33%, 54%, 0%, 0%
XYZ41.42, 28.71, 97.97
Yxy28.71, 0.2464, 0.1708
CIE-Lab60.53, 49.23, -61.14
Hunter Lab53.58, 47.83, -76.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 46% · Blue 100%

Cyan 33% · Magenta 54% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AC75FF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AC75FF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AC75FF

.text { color: #AC75FF; }
.background { background-color: #AC75FF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AC75FF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 117, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 100%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AC75FF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 117, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AC75FF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 117, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AC75FF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AC75FF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AC75FF

#9752FF#822EFF#6C0AFF#5C00E6#5000C7#4100A3#330080#25005C#160038#080014

Tints of #AC75FF

#B380FF#BC8FFF#C299FF#C8A3FF#D1B3FF#D7BDFF#DDC7FF#E3D1FF#EDE0FF#F3EBFF

Tones of #AC75FF

#AE7FF5#B089EB#B293E1#B49DD8#B6A6CE#B8B1C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8FF75:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.11:1 AA large only
Against black text6.74:1 AA

Best text color on #AC75FF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AC75FF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AC75FF: ·

How #AC75FF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9494DEDeuteranopia · #979CD6Tritanopia · #A9C3BD

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AC75FF rather than the exact color:

Palette 7f27ff
#7F27FF · #9F70FD · #FDBF60 · #FF8911
Dusty Horizon
#3595DD · #1D2FE0 · #A573F2 · #D835F0
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette B983ff
#B983FF · #94B3FD · #94DAFF · #99FEFF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#9F70FD#A573F2#AA72EF#B767FF#BC7AF9#B983FF#A888FF#AE72EB#B088F9#BC6FF1#9A75F1#B375E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AC75FE  ·  #AC7600 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AC75FF?

#AC75FF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 172, 117, 255). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AC75FF?

#AC75FF is RGB 172, 117, 255 — HSL 264°, 100%, 73% — CMYK 33%, 54%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #AC75FF?

Its complement is #C8FF75; analogous partners are #7583FF and #F175FF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AC75FF for text?

Black text on #AC75FF has a contrast ratio of 6.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.11:1.