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#a490df color: Middy’s Purple

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255°
100%

OKLCH

70.2%
0.115
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 13%

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White text2.75:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.63:1 · AALc 51

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About #a490df

#a490df is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.2% lightness, 0.115 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.75:1 contrast and black text 7.63:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a490df mixed with white

  1. a490df
  2. ad9be3
  3. b5a6e6
  4. beb1ea
  5. c7bced
  6. d0c7f1
  7. d9d2f4
  8. e3ddf7
  9. ece9fa
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a490df mixed with black

  1. a490df
  2. 8e7dc2
  3. 796aa5
  4. 64578a
  5. 50456f
  6. 3d3456
  7. 2b243d
  8. 1a1527
  9. 0a0712
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a490df with less saturation

  1. a490df
  2. a392d9
  3. a394d3
  4. a295cc
  5. a197c6
  6. a198c0
  7. a09ab9
  8. a09bb3
  9. a09cac
  10. 9f9ea6