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#a696cf color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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257°
100%

OKLCH

70.8%
0.084
297°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.66:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.88:1 · AALc 52

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About #a696cf

#a696cf is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.8% lightness, 0.084 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.66:1 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: #a696cf mixed with white

  1. a696cf
  2. aea0d4
  3. b7abd9
  4. c0b5de
  5. c9bfe3
  6. d1cae8
  7. dad4ec
  8. e3dff1
  9. edeaf6
  10. f6f4fa

Darker: #a696cf mixed with black

  1. a696cf
  2. 9082b4
  3. 7a6e99
  4. 655b7f
  5. 514967
  6. 3e374f
  7. 2b2638
  8. 1a1623
  9. 0a0810
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a696cf with less saturation

  1. a696cf
  2. a597cb
  3. a598c6
  4. a49ac1
  5. a49bbd
  6. a39cb8
  7. a39db4
  8. a29eaf
  9. a29faa
  10. a1a0a5