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#a296ca color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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254°
100%

OKLCH

70.2%
0.076
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.71:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.75:1 · AALc 52

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About #a296ca

#a296ca is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.2% lightness, 0.076 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.71:1 contrast and black text 7.75:1, 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: #a296ca mixed with white

  1. a296ca
  2. aba0cf
  3. b4abd5
  4. bdb5da
  5. c6bfe0
  6. cfcae5
  7. d9d4ea
  8. e2dff0
  9. ece9f5
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a296ca mixed with black

  1. a296ca
  2. 8c82af
  3. 776e95
  4. 635b7c
  5. 4f4964
  6. 3c374d
  7. 2a2637
  8. 191622
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a296ca with less saturation

  1. a296ca
  2. a297c6
  3. a198c2
  4. a199bd
  5. a19ab9
  6. a09bb5
  7. a09cb1
  8. a09dac
  9. 9f9da8
  10. 9f9ea3