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#a492da color: Middy’s Purple

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255°
100%

OKLCH

70.3%
0.105
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 15%

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White text2.73:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.70:1 · AALc 51

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About #a492da

#a492da is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.3% lightness, 0.105 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.73:1 contrast and black text 7.7:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a492da mixed with white

  1. a492da
  2. ad9dde
  3. b5a8e2
  4. beb2e6
  5. c7bdea
  6. d0c8ee
  7. d9d3f1
  8. e3def5
  9. ece9f8
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a492da mixed with black

  1. a492da
  2. 8e7ebd
  3. 796ba2
  4. 645887
  5. 50466c
  6. 3d3554
  7. 2b253c
  8. 1a1625
  9. 0a0811
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a492da with less saturation

  1. a492da
  2. a394d4
  3. a395cf
  4. a297c9
  5. a298c3
  6. a199bd
  7. a19bb7
  8. a09cb1
  9. a09dab
  10. a09ea5