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#a493da color: Middy’s Purple

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254°
100%

OKLCH

70.5%
0.103
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 15%

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White text2.70:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.76:1 · AALc 52

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About #a493da

#a493da is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.5% lightness, 0.103 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.7:1 contrast and black text 7.76:1, 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: #a493da mixed with white

  1. a493da
  2. ad9ede
  3. b5a8e2
  4. beb3e6
  5. c7beea
  6. d0c9ee
  7. d9d3f1
  8. e3def5
  9. ece9f8
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a493da mixed with black

  1. a493da
  2. 8e7fbd
  3. 796ca2
  4. 645987
  5. 50476c
  6. 3d3654
  7. 2b253c
  8. 1a1625
  9. 0a0811
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a493da with less saturation

  1. a493da
  2. a395d4
  3. a396cf
  4. a297c9
  5. a299c3
  6. a29abe
  7. a19bb8
  8. a19db2
  9. a09eac
  10. a09fa6