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#AC89CD — Light Muted Purple

#AC89CD is a purple color we call Light Muted Purple, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #AC89CD 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.

#AC89CD is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AACD89; it also sits naturally between #8A89CD and #CD89CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AC89CD · RGB 172, 137, 205

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Color values

HEX#AC89CD
RGB172, 137, 205
HSL271°, 40%, 67%
HSV271°, 33%, 80%
CMYK16%, 33%, 0%, 20%
XYZ36.98, 31.07, 61.81
Yxy31.07, 0.2848, 0.2393
CIE-Lab62.57, 26.36, -30.14
Hunter Lab55.74, 24.23, -30.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 54% · Blue 80%

Cyan 16% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 0% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AC89CD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AC89CD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AC89CD

.text { color: #AC89CD; }
.background { background-color: #AC89CD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AC89CD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 137, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(271, 40%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AC89CD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 137, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AC89CD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 137, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AC89CD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AC89CD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AC89CD

#9D74C3#8B5BB9#7C49AB#6D4096#5D3781#4B2C68#3B2352#2C1A3D#1A0F24#0A060E

Tints of #AC89CD

#B494D1#BB9FD6#C3A9DA#CAB4DF#D2BFE3#D7C6E7#DED1EB#E6DBF0#EDE6F4#F5F1F9

Tones of #AC89CD

#AC8EC7#AC92C3#AB97BE#AB9DB9#ABA2B4#ABA6B0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AACD89:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.91:1 Fails
Against black text7.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #AC89CD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AC89CD

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 #AC89CD: ·

How #AC89CD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9D9DBDDeuteranopia · #9FA2B9Tritanopia · #AAB0AD

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AC89CD rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby Garden
#AF88C9 · #975ABE · #61377C · #3A2249
Gentle Ruby Terrace
#636DD0 · #A986D0 · #AB4BA6 · #892E51
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #E1AFD1 · #AD88C6 · #7469B6
Palette 7469b6
#7469B6 · #AD88C6 · #E1AFD1 · #FFE6E6
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Golden Meadow
#AF92CA · #CB93B8 · #C8A8A2 · #CACA91

Similar colors

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

#AF88C9#A986D0#AD88C6#AC87C5#AF92CA#A692CD#A283CF#A491D1#B690CC#A87ED3#A084CA#A596C9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AC89CC  ·  #AC89CE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AC89CD?

#AC89CD is Light Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 172, 137, 205). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AC89CD?

#AC89CD is RGB 172, 137, 205 — HSL 271°, 40%, 67% — CMYK 16%, 33%, 0%, 20%.

What colors go with #AC89CD?

Its complement is #AACD89; analogous partners are #8A89CD and #CD89CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AC89CD for text?

Black text on #AC89CD has a contrast ratio of 7.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.91:1.