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#a496de color: Dull Lavender

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252°
100%

OKLCH

71.3%
0.104
292°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.63:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.00:1 · AALc 53

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About #a496de

#a496de is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71.3% lightness, 0.104 chroma and a hue of 292°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.63:1 contrast and black text 8:1, 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: #a496de mixed with white

  1. a496de
  2. ada0e2
  3. b5abe5
  4. beb5e9
  5. c7c0ec
  6. d0caf0
  7. d9d5f3
  8. e3dff6
  9. eceaf9
  10. f5f4fc

Darker: #a496de mixed with black

  1. a496de
  2. 8e82c1
  3. 796ea5
  4. 645b89
  5. 50496f
  6. 3d3755
  7. 2b263d
  8. 1a1626
  9. 0a0812
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a496de with less saturation

  1. a496de
  2. a498d8
  3. a399d2
  4. a39acd
  5. a39cc7
  6. a39dc1
  7. a29ebb
  8. a29fb5
  9. a2a0af
  10. a2a1a8