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#a79dcd color: Imperial Lilac

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252°
100%

OKLCH

72.1%
0.070
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.52:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.35:1 · AALc 55

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About #a79dcd

#a79dcd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.1% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.52:1 contrast and black text 8.35:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Imperial Lilac (#a99fcf). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a79dcd mixed with white

  1. a79dcd
  2. afa7d2
  3. b8b0d7
  4. c0badc
  5. c9c4e1
  6. d2cde6
  7. dbd7eb
  8. e4e1f0
  9. edebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #a79dcd mixed with black

  1. a79dcd
  2. 9188b2
  3. 7b7398
  4. 665f7e
  5. 524c66
  6. 3e3a4e
  7. 2c2838
  8. 1a1823
  9. 0a090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a79dcd with less saturation

  1. a79dcd
  2. a79ec9
  3. a69fc5
  4. a6a0c1
  5. a6a0bd
  6. a6a1b9
  7. a6a2b5
  8. a5a3b1
  9. a5a3ad
  10. a5a4a9