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#a494cf color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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256°
100%

OKLCH

70.2%
0.087
297°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

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White text2.72:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.72:1 · AALc 51

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About #a494cf

#a494cf is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.2% lightness, 0.087 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.72:1 contrast and black text 7.72:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a494cf mixed with white

  1. a494cf
  2. ad9ed4
  3. b5a9d9
  4. beb4de
  5. c7bee3
  6. d0c9e8
  7. d9d4ed
  8. e3def1
  9. ece9f6
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a494cf mixed with black

  1. a494cf
  2. 8e80b4
  3. 796d99
  4. 645a7f
  5. 504867
  6. 3d364f
  7. 2b2638
  8. 1a1623
  9. 0a0810
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a494cf with less saturation

  1. a494cf
  2. a395ca
  3. a397c6
  4. a298c1
  5. a299bc
  6. a19ab7
  7. a19bb3
  8. a09cae
  9. a09da9
  10. 9f9ea4