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#a299ce color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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250°
100%

OKLCH

71%
0.077
292°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.63:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text7.98:1 · AALc 53

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About #a299ce

#a299ce is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71% lightness, 0.077 chroma and a hue of 292°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.63:1 contrast and black text 7.98:1, 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: #a299ce mixed with white

  1. a299ce
  2. aba3d3
  3. b4add8
  4. bdb7dd
  5. c6c1e2
  6. cfcbe7
  7. d9d6ec
  8. e2e0f1
  9. eceaf6
  10. f5f5fa

Darker: #a299ce mixed with black

  1. a299ce
  2. 8c84b3
  3. 777098
  4. 635d7f
  5. 4f4a66
  6. 3c384e
  7. 2a2738
  8. 191723
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a299ce with less saturation

  1. a299ce
  2. a29aca
  3. a29bc5
  4. a29cc1
  5. a19dbc
  6. a19eb8
  7. a19eb4
  8. a19faf
  9. a1a0aa
  10. a1a1a6