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#a79fe2 color: Dull Lavender

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247°
100%

OKLCH

73.4%
0.096
289°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • indigo-300
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.41:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.70:1 · AALc 56

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About #a79fe2

#a79fe2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 73.4% lightness, 0.096 chroma and a hue of 289°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.41:1 contrast and black text 8.7:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Dull Lavender (#a899e6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a79fe2 mixed with white

  1. a79fe2
  2. afa9e5
  3. b8b2e9
  4. c0bcec
  5. c9c5ef
  6. d2cff2
  7. dbd8f5
  8. e4e2f7
  9. edecfa
  10. f6f5fd

Darker: #a79fe2 mixed with black

  1. a79fe2
  2. 918ac4
  3. 7b75a8
  4. 66618c
  5. 524d71
  6. 3e3b57
  7. 2c293e
  8. 1a1827
  9. 0a0912
  10. 010103

Calmer: #a79fe2 with less saturation

  1. a79fe2
  2. a7a0dc
  3. a7a1d7
  4. a7a2d1
  5. a7a4cc
  6. a8a5c6
  7. a8a5c0
  8. a8a6bb
  9. a8a7b5
  10. a8a8af