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#a496cd color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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255°
100%

OKLCH

70.5%
0.081
296°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.68:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.82:1 · AALc 52

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About #a496cd

#a496cd is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.5% lightness, 0.081 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.68:1 contrast and black text 7.82:1, 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: #a496cd mixed with white

  1. a496cd
  2. ada0d2
  3. b5abd7
  4. beb5dd
  5. c7bfe2
  6. d0cae7
  7. d9d4ec
  8. e3dff1
  9. eceaf5
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a496cd mixed with black

  1. a496cd
  2. 8e82b2
  3. 796e98
  4. 645b7e
  5. 504966
  6. 3d374e
  7. 2b2638
  8. 1a1623
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a496cd with less saturation

  1. a496cd
  2. a497c9
  3. a398c4
  4. a399c0
  5. a29abb
  6. a29bb7
  7. a19cb2
  8. a19dae
  9. a19ea9
  10. a09fa4