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#a495db color: Dull Lavender

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253°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.102
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.66:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.90:1 · AALc 52

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About #a495db

#a495db is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.102 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.66:1 contrast and black text 7.9:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a495db mixed with white

  1. a495db
  2. ad9fdf
  3. b5aae3
  4. beb4e7
  5. c7bfeb
  6. d0caee
  7. d9d4f2
  8. e3dff5
  9. eceaf9
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a495db mixed with black

  1. a495db
  2. 8e81be
  3. 796da2
  4. 645a87
  5. 50486d
  6. 3d3754
  7. 2b263c
  8. 1a1626
  9. 0a0811
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a495db with less saturation

  1. a495db
  2. a496d5
  3. a398d0
  4. a399ca
  5. a29bc4
  6. a29cbf
  7. a29db9
  8. a29eb3
  9. a19fad
  10. a1a0a7