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#AC80EF — Light Vivid Purple

#AC80EF 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 #AC80EF 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.

#AC80EF 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 #C3EF80; it also sits naturally between #808BEF and #E480EF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AC80EF · RGB 172, 128, 239

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Color values

HEX#AC80EF
RGB172, 128, 239
HSL264°, 78%, 72%
HSV264°, 46%, 94%
CMYK28%, 46%, 0%, 6%
XYZ40.31, 30.44, 85.41
Yxy30.44, 0.2581, 0.1949
CIE-Lab62.03, 39.32, -49.91
Hunter Lab55.17, 37.40, -58.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 50% · Blue 94%

Cyan 28% · Magenta 46% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AC80EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AC80EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AC80EF

.text { color: #AC80EF; }
.background { background-color: #AC80EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AC80EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 128, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(264, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AC80EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 128, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AC80EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 128, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AC80EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AC80EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AC80EF

#9860EB#8340E7#7225E4#6119CC#5215AC#43118D#340D6D#270A52#180632#090212

Tints of #AC80EF

#B289F0#BB97F2#C1A0F3#CAADF5#D0B6F6#D6BFF7#DFCDF9#E4D6FA#EDE4FC#F3EDFD

Tones of #AC80EF

#AE88E7#B090E0#B197D8#B3A0CF#B4A8C7#B6B0BF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3EF80:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.96:1 Fails
Against black text7.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #AC80EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AC80EF

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 #AC80EF: ·

How #AC80EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9999D4Deuteranopia · #9C9FCETritanopia · #AABFBA

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 #AC80EF rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Aurora
#AE83EA · #C01EB9 · #EC6792 · #ED946D
Palette Bedcfa
#BEDCFA · #98ACF8 · #B088F9 · #DA9FF9
Golden Summit
#4717CB · #AA72EF · #B9E936 · #DCEC96
Honey Solace
#B375E9 · #D86CE6 · #D11DA5 · #B3285F
Velvet Ruby Horizon
#1838A7 · #482FE1 · #AE72EB · #E7A5F2
Dusty Horizon
#3595DD · #1D2FE0 · #A573F2 · #D835F0

Similar colors

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

#AE83EA#B088F9#AA72EF#B375E9#AE72EB#A573F2#A685E2#BA7CE9#B779E4#A888FF#BC7AF9#9C74EB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AC80EE  ·  #AC80F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AC80EF?

#AC80EF is Light Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 172, 128, 239). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AC80EF?

#AC80EF is RGB 172, 128, 239 — HSL 264°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 28%, 46%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #AC80EF?

Its complement is #C3EF80; analogous partners are #808BEF and #E480EF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AC80EF for text?

Black text on #AC80EF has a contrast ratio of 7.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.96:1.