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#a296cd color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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253°
100%

OKLCH

70.3%
0.080
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.70:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.78:1 · AALc 52

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About #a296cd

#a296cd is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.3% lightness, 0.08 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.7:1 contrast and black text 7.78:1, 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: #a296cd mixed with white

  1. a296cd
  2. aba0d2
  3. b4abd7
  4. bdb5dd
  5. c6bfe2
  6. cfcae7
  7. d9d4ec
  8. e2dff1
  9. eceaf5
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a296cd mixed with black

  1. a296cd
  2. 8c82b2
  3. 776e98
  4. 635b7e
  5. 4f4966
  6. 3c374e
  7. 2a2638
  8. 191623
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a296cd with less saturation

  1. a296cd
  2. a297c9
  3. a198c4
  4. a199c0
  5. a19abb
  6. a09bb7
  7. a09cb2
  8. a09dad
  9. a09ea9
  10. 9f9ea4