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#a493cd color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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258°
100%

OKLCH

69.9%
0.085
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #a493cd

#a493cd is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 69.9% lightness, 0.085 chroma and a hue of 298°.

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

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #a493cd mixed with white

  1. a493cd
  2. ad9ed2
  3. b5a8d7
  4. beb3dd
  5. c7bde2
  6. d0c8e7
  7. d9d3ec
  8. e3def1
  9. ece9f5
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a493cd mixed with black

  1. a493cd
  2. 8e7fb2
  3. 796c98
  4. 64597e
  5. 504766
  6. 3d364e
  7. 2b2538
  8. 1a1623
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a493cd with less saturation

  1. a493cd
  2. a394c8
  3. a396c4
  4. a297bf
  5. a198bb
  6. a199b6
  7. a09ab1
  8. a09bad
  9. 9f9ca8
  10. 9f9da3