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#a38cd2 color: Middy’s Purple

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260°
100%

OKLCH

68.7%
0.104
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.90:1 · Below AALc -61
Black text7.24:1 · AALc 49

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About #a38cd2

#a38cd2 is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 68.7% lightness, 0.104 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.9:1 contrast and black text 7.24:1, 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: #a38cd2 mixed with white

  1. a38cd2
  2. ac97d7
  3. b5a3dc
  4. bdaee0
  5. c7b9e5
  6. d0c5ea
  7. d9d0ee
  8. e2dcf2
  9. ece8f7
  10. f5f3fb

Darker: #a38cd2 mixed with black

  1. a38cd2
  2. 8d79b6
  3. 78679b
  4. 635581
  5. 4f4368
  6. 3c3350
  7. 2a2339
  8. 191424
  9. 0a0710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a38cd2 with less saturation

  1. a38cd2
  2. a28ecd
  3. a18fc7
  4. a091c2
  5. 9f92bc
  6. 9e94b7
  7. 9e95b1
  8. 9d97ac
  9. 9c98a6
  10. 9b99a0