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#a495d2 color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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255°
100%

OKLCH

70.5%
0.089
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.69:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.81:1 · AALc 52

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About #a495d2

#a495d2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.5% lightness, 0.089 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.69:1 contrast and black text 7.81:1, 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: #a495d2 mixed with white

  1. a495d2
  2. ad9fd7
  3. b5aadc
  4. beb4e0
  5. c7bfe5
  6. d0c9e9
  7. d9d4ee
  8. e3dff2
  9. ece9f7
  10. f5f4fb

Darker: #a495d2 mixed with black

  1. a495d2
  2. 8e81b6
  3. 796d9b
  4. 645a81
  5. 504868
  6. 3d3750
  7. 2b2639
  8. 1a1624
  9. 0a0810
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a495d2 with less saturation

  1. a495d2
  2. a396cd
  3. a398c8
  4. a399c3
  5. a29abe
  6. a29bb9
  7. a19cb4
  8. a19daf
  9. a19eaa
  10. a09fa5