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#a494de color: Dull Lavender

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253°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.107
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 13%

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White text2.67:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.87:1 · AALc 52

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About #a494de

#a494de is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.107 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.67:1 contrast and black text 7.87:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Dull Lavender (#a899e6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a494de mixed with white

  1. a494de
  2. ad9fe2
  3. b5a9e5
  4. beb4e9
  5. c7bfed
  6. d0c9f0
  7. d9d4f3
  8. e3dff6
  9. ece9f9
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a494de mixed with black

  1. a494de
  2. 8e80c1
  3. 796da5
  4. 645a89
  5. 50486f
  6. 3d3655
  7. 2b263d
  8. 1a1626
  9. 0a0812
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a494de with less saturation

  1. a494de
  2. a496d8
  3. a397d2
  4. a399cc
  5. a29ac6
  6. a29bc0
  7. a29dba
  8. a19eb4
  9. a19fae
  10. a1a0a7