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#a196ce color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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252°
100%

OKLCH

70.3%
0.082
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.70:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.77:1 · AALc 52

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About #a196ce

#a196ce is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.3% lightness, 0.082 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.7:1 contrast and black text 7.77:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Gorgeous Hydrangea (#a495cb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a196ce mixed with white

  1. a196ce
  2. aaa0d3
  3. b3abd8
  4. bcb5dd
  5. c5bfe2
  6. cfcae7
  7. d8d4ec
  8. e2dff1
  9. ebeaf6
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a196ce mixed with black

  1. a196ce
  2. 8b82b3
  3. 766e98
  4. 625b7f
  5. 4e4966
  6. 3c374e
  7. 2a2638
  8. 191623
  9. 09080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a196ce with less saturation

  1. a196ce
  2. a197c9
  3. a098c5
  4. a099c0
  5. a09abc
  6. a09bb7
  7. a09cb2
  8. 9f9dae
  9. 9f9ea9
  10. 9f9ea4