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#a596d3 color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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255°
100%

OKLCH

70.8%
0.089
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 17%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #a596d3

#a596d3 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.8% lightness, 0.089 chroma and a hue of 295°.

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 Gorgeous Hydrangea (#a495cb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a596d3 mixed with white

  1. a596d3
  2. aea0d8
  3. b6abdc
  4. bfb5e1
  5. c8bfe5
  6. d1caea
  7. dad4ee
  8. e3dff3
  9. eceaf7
  10. f6f4fb

Darker: #a596d3 mixed with black

  1. a596d3
  2. 8f82b7
  3. 796e9c
  4. 655b82
  5. 514969
  6. 3d3751
  7. 2b263a
  8. 1a1624
  9. 0a0810
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a596d3 with less saturation

  1. a596d3
  2. a497ce
  3. a499c9
  4. a49ac4
  5. a39bbf
  6. a39cba
  7. a29db5
  8. a29eb0
  9. a29fab
  10. a1a0a6