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#a499d2 color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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252°
100%

OKLCH

71.3%
0.083
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.60:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.07:1 · AALc 53

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About #a499d2

#a499d2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71.3% lightness, 0.083 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.6:1 contrast and black text 8.07:1, 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: #a499d2 mixed with white

  1. a499d2
  2. ada3d7
  3. b5addb
  4. beb7e0
  5. c7c1e5
  6. d0cbe9
  7. d9d6ee
  8. e3e0f2
  9. eceaf6
  10. f5f5fb

Darker: #a499d2 mixed with black

  1. a499d2
  2. 8e84b6
  3. 79709b
  4. 645d81
  5. 504a68
  6. 3d3850
  7. 2b2739
  8. 1a1724
  9. 0a0810
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a499d2 with less saturation

  1. a499d2
  2. a49acd
  3. a39bc9
  4. a39cc4
  5. a39dbf
  6. a39ebb
  7. a39fb6
  8. a3a0b1
  9. a2a1ac
  10. a2a1a7