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#a696ce color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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257°
100%

OKLCH

70.7%
0.082
297°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.67:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.88:1 · AALc 52

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About #a696ce

#a696ce is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.7% lightness, 0.082 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.67:1 contrast and black text 7.88:1, 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: #a696ce mixed with white

  1. a696ce
  2. aea0d3
  3. b7abd8
  4. c0b5dd
  5. c9bfe2
  6. d1cae7
  7. dad4ec
  8. e3dff1
  9. edeaf6
  10. f6f4fa

Darker: #a696ce mixed with black

  1. a696ce
  2. 9082b3
  3. 7a6e98
  4. 655b7f
  5. 514966
  6. 3e374e
  7. 2b2638
  8. 1a1623
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a696ce with less saturation

  1. a696ce
  2. a597ca
  3. a598c5
  4. a49ac1
  5. a49bbc
  6. a39cb8
  7. a29db3
  8. a29eaf
  9. a19faa
  10. a1a0a5