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#a38bcf color: Middy’s Purple

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261°
100%

OKLCH

68.4%
0.101
300°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.94:1 · Below AALc -61
Black text7.15:1 · AALc 48

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About #a38bcf

#a38bcf is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 68.4% lightness, 0.101 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.94:1 contrast and black text 7.15:1, so black text reads better.

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

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #a38bcf mixed with white

  1. a38bcf
  2. ac96d4
  3. b5a2d9
  4. beadde
  5. c7b9e3
  6. d0c4e8
  7. d9d0ed
  8. e2dcf1
  9. ece7f6
  10. f5f3fb

Darker: #a38bcf mixed with black

  1. a38bcf
  2. 8d78b4
  3. 786699
  4. 63547f
  5. 4f4367
  6. 3c324f
  7. 2a2338
  8. 191423
  9. 0a0710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a38bcf with less saturation

  1. a38bcf
  2. a28dca
  3. a18ec5
  4. a090bf
  5. 9f91ba
  6. 9e93b5
  7. 9d94af
  8. 9c96aa
  9. 9b97a4
  10. 9a989f