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#a490e2 color: Middy’s Purple

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255°
100%

OKLCH

70.3%
0.119
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.74:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.67:1 · AALc 51

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About #a490e2

#a490e2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.3% lightness, 0.119 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.74:1 contrast and black text 7.67:1, 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: #a490e2 mixed with white

  1. a490e2
  2. ad9be5
  3. b5a6e9
  4. beb1ec
  5. c7bcef
  6. d0c7f2
  7. d9d2f5
  8. e2def8
  9. ece9fa
  10. f5f4fd

Darker: #a490e2 mixed with black

  1. a490e2
  2. 8e7dc4
  3. 796aa8
  4. 64578c
  5. 504571
  6. 3d3457
  7. 2b243e
  8. 1a1527
  9. 0a0712
  10. 010103

Calmer: #a490e2 with less saturation

  1. a490e2
  2. a392dc
  3. a394d5
  4. a295cf
  5. a297c8
  6. a199c1
  7. a19abb
  8. a09bb4
  9. a09dad
  10. 9f9ea6