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#9c8cd3 color: Soft violet

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254°
100%

OKLCH

68.2%
0.104
294°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 17%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.96:1 · Below AALc -61
Black text7.11:1 · AALc 48

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About #9c8cd3

#9c8cd3 is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 68.2% lightness, 0.104 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.96:1 contrast and black text 7.11:1, 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: #9c8cd3 mixed with white

  1. 9c8cd3
  2. a597d8
  3. afa3dd
  4. b8aee1
  5. c2b9e6
  6. ccc5ea
  7. d6d0ef
  8. e0dcf3
  9. eae8f7
  10. f5f3fb

Darker: #9c8cd3 mixed with black

  1. 9c8cd3
  2. 8779b7
  3. 73679c
  4. 5f5582
  5. 4c4369
  6. 393351
  7. 28233a
  8. 181424
  9. 090710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #9c8cd3 with less saturation

  1. 9c8cd3
  2. 9c8ecd
  3. 9b8fc8
  4. 9b90c2
  5. 9a92bc
  6. 9a93b6
  7. 9a94b1
  8. 9995ab
  9. 9997a5
  10. 99989f