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#a495cb color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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257°
100%

OKLCH

70.2%
0.079
297°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.71:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.74:1 · AALc 51

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About #a495cb

#a495cb is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.2% lightness, 0.079 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.71:1 contrast and black text 7.74:1, 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: #a495cb mixed with white

  1. a495cb
  2. ad9fd0
  3. b5aad6
  4. beb4db
  5. c7bfe0
  6. d0c9e6
  7. dad4eb
  8. e3dff0
  9. ece9f5
  10. f6f4fa

Darker: #a495cb mixed with black

  1. a495cb
  2. 8e81b0
  3. 796d96
  4. 645a7d
  5. 504865
  6. 3d374d
  7. 2b2637
  8. 1a1622
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a495cb with less saturation

  1. a495cb
  2. a396c7
  3. a397c2
  4. a298be
  5. a299ba
  6. a19ab5
  7. a19bb1
  8. a09cad
  9. a09da8
  10. 9f9ea4