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#a18dcd color: Middy’s Purple

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259°
100%

OKLCH

68.5%
0.095
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.91:1 · Below AALc -61
Black text7.21:1 · AALc 49

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About #a18dcd

#a18dcd is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 68.5% lightness, 0.095 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.91:1 contrast and black text 7.21:1, 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: #a18dcd mixed with white

  1. a18dcd
  2. aa98d2
  3. b3a3d8
  4. bcafdd
  5. c5bae2
  6. cfc5e7
  7. d8d1ec
  8. e2dcf1
  9. ebe8f6
  10. f5f3fa

Darker: #a18dcd mixed with black

  1. a18dcd
  2. 8b7ab2
  3. 766798
  4. 62557e
  5. 4e4466
  6. 3c334e
  7. 2a2338
  8. 191423
  9. 09070f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a18dcd with less saturation

  1. a18dcd
  2. a08fc8
  3. 9f90c3
  4. 9f91be
  5. 9e93b9
  6. 9d94b4
  7. 9c95af
  8. 9c96aa
  9. 9b98a4
  10. 9a999f