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#a293d8 color: Middy’s Purple

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253°
100%

OKLCH

70.2%
0.100
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.73:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.70:1 · AALc 51

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About #a293d8

#a293d8 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.2% lightness, 0.1 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.73:1 contrast and black text 7.7:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a293d8 mixed with white

  1. a293d8
  2. ab9edc
  3. b4a8e1
  4. bdb3e5
  5. c6bee9
  6. cfc9ed
  7. d8d3f1
  8. e2def4
  9. ece9f8
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a293d8 mixed with black

  1. a293d8
  2. 8c7fbc
  3. 776ca0
  4. 635985
  5. 4f476b
  6. 3c3653
  7. 2a253b
  8. 191625
  9. 0a0811
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a293d8 with less saturation

  1. a293d8
  2. a294d2
  3. a196cd
  4. a197c7
  5. a098c2
  6. a09abc
  7. a09bb6
  8. a09cb1
  9. 9f9dab
  10. 9f9ea5