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#a498cd color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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254°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.077
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.64:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.95:1 · AALc 53

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About #a498cd

#a498cd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.077 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.64:1 contrast and black text 7.95:1, 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: #a498cd mixed with white

  1. a498cd
  2. ada2d2
  3. b5acd7
  4. beb6dc
  5. c7c0e2
  6. d0cbe7
  7. d9d5ec
  8. e3dff0
  9. eceaf5
  10. f5f4fa

Darker: #a498cd mixed with black

  1. a498cd
  2. 8e84b2
  3. 797098
  4. 645c7e
  5. 504a66
  6. 3d384e
  7. 2b2738
  8. 1a1723
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a498cd with less saturation

  1. a498cd
  2. a499c9
  3. a39ac4
  4. a39bc0
  5. a39cbc
  6. a29db7
  7. a29eb3
  8. a29faf
  9. a19faa
  10. a1a0a6