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#a495c9 color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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257°
100%

OKLCH

70.1%
0.077
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #a495c9

#a495c9 is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.1% lightness, 0.077 chroma and a hue of 298°.

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: #a495c9 mixed with white

  1. a495c9
  2. ad9fcf
  3. b5aad4
  4. beb4da
  5. c7bfdf
  6. d0c9e5
  7. dad4ea
  8. e3dfef
  9. ece9f5
  10. f6f4fa

Darker: #a495c9 mixed with black

  1. a495c9
  2. 8e81ae
  3. 796d95
  4. 645a7c
  5. 504864
  6. 3d374c
  7. 2b2636
  8. 1a1622
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a495c9 with less saturation

  1. a495c9
  2. a396c5
  3. a397c1
  4. a298bd
  5. a299b8
  6. a19ab4
  7. a19bb0
  8. a09cac
  9. a09da7
  10. 9f9ea3