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#a491cf color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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258°
100%

OKLCH

69.6%
0.091
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.79:1 · Below AALc -59
Black text7.53:1 · AALc 50

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About #a491cf

#a491cf is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 69.6% lightness, 0.091 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.79:1 contrast and black text 7.53:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Gorgeous Hydrangea (#a495cb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #a491cf mixed with white

  1. a491cf
  2. ad9cd4
  3. b5a7d9
  4. beb1de
  5. c7bce3
  6. d0c7e8
  7. d9d2ed
  8. e3ddf1
  9. ece9f6
  10. f5f4fb

Darker: #a491cf mixed with black

  1. a491cf
  2. 8e7db4
  3. 796a99
  4. 64587f
  5. 504667
  6. 3d354f
  7. 2b2538
  8. 1a1523
  9. 0a0710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a491cf with less saturation

  1. a491cf
  2. a392ca
  3. a294c5
  4. a295c0
  5. a196bc
  6. a098b7
  7. a099b2
  8. 9f9aad
  9. 9e9ba7
  10. 9e9ca2