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#AC80EB — Light Purple

#AC80EB is a purple color we call Light 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 #AC80EB 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.

#AC80EB 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 #BEEB7F; it also sits naturally between #7F88EB and #E27FEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AC80EB · RGB 172, 128, 235

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Color values

HEX#AC80EB
RGB172, 128, 235
HSL265°, 73%, 71%
HSV265°, 46%, 92%
CMYK27%, 46%, 0%, 8%
XYZ39.73, 30.21, 82.33
Yxy30.21, 0.2609, 0.1984
CIE-Lab61.83, 38.36, -48.01
Hunter Lab54.96, 36.35, -55.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 50% · Blue 92%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AC80EB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AC80EB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AC80EB

.text { color: #AC80EB; }
.background { background-color: #AC80EB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AC80EB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 128, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(265, 73%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AC80EB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 128, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AC80EB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 128, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AC80EB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AC80EB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AC80EB

#9860E6#8746E2#7327DD#631EC2#551AA8#451589#36116A#260C4B#190831#090312

Tints of #AC80EB

#B58CED#BA95EE#C3A2F1#C9ABF2#D1B8F4#D7C1F5#E0CEF7#E5D7F9#EEE5FB#F4EDFC

Tones of #AC80EB

#AD86E4#AF8FDC#B096D4#B19ECC#B2A6C5#B4AEBC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEEB7F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.98:1 Fails
Against black text7.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #AC80EB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AC80EB

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 #AC80EB: ·

How #AC80EB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9999D1Deuteranopia · #9C9FCBTritanopia · #AABDB8

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 #AC80EB rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Aurora
#AE83EA · #C01EB9 · #EC6792 · #ED946D
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #FFABE1 · #A685E2 · #6155A6
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2
Electric Aurora
#771B9E · #BA7CE9 · #72DF43 · #A2E69B
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96

Similar colors

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

#AE83EA#A685E2#B375E9#AE72EB#BA7CE9#AA72EF#B779E4#A573F2#B088F9#A078DE#B771E5#A084DC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AC80EA  ·  #AC80EC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AC80EB?

#AC80EB is Light Purple, a purple color (RGB 172, 128, 235). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AC80EB?

#AC80EB is RGB 172, 128, 235 — HSL 265°, 73%, 71% — CMYK 27%, 46%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #AC80EB?

Its complement is #BEEB7F; analogous partners are #7F88EB and #E27FEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AC80EB for text?

Black text on #AC80EB has a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.98:1.