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#9b8cd3 color: Soft violet

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253°
100%

OKLCH

68.1%
0.104
293°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 17%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.96:1 · Below AALc -61
Black text7.09:1 · AALc 48

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About #9b8cd3

#9b8cd3 is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 68.1% lightness, 0.104 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.96:1 contrast and black text 7.09:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Middy’s Purple (#aa8ed6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #9b8cd3 mixed with white

  1. 9b8cd3
  2. a497d8
  3. aea3dd
  4. b8aee1
  5. c1b9e6
  6. cbc5ea
  7. d5d0ef
  8. e0dcf3
  9. eae8f7
  10. f4f3fb

Darker: #9b8cd3 mixed with black

  1. 9b8cd3
  2. 8679b7
  3. 72679c
  4. 5e5582
  5. 4b4369
  6. 393351
  7. 28233a
  8. 181424
  9. 090710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #9b8cd3 with less saturation

  1. 9b8cd3
  2. 9b8ecd
  3. 9a8fc8
  4. 9a90c2
  5. 9a92bc
  6. 9993b6
  7. 9994b0
  8. 9995ab
  9. 9996a5
  10. 98979e