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#a79ecb color: Imperial Lilac

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252°
100%

OKLCH

72.3%
0.065
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.50:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.40:1 · AALc 55

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About #a79ecb

#a79ecb is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.3% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.5:1 contrast and black text 8.4:1, 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: #a79ecb mixed with white

  1. a79ecb
  2. afa7d0
  3. b8b1d6
  4. c1badb
  5. c9c4e0
  6. d2cee5
  7. dbd7eb
  8. e4e1f0
  9. edebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #a79ecb mixed with black

  1. a79ecb
  2. 9189b0
  3. 7b7496
  4. 66607d
  5. 524d65
  6. 3e3a4d
  7. 2c2937
  8. 1a1822
  9. 0a090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a79ecb with less saturation

  1. a79ecb
  2. a79fc7
  3. a7a0c4
  4. a6a0c0
  5. a6a1bc
  6. a6a2b8
  7. a6a3b5
  8. a6a3b1
  9. a5a4ad
  10. a5a5a9