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#a896cd color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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260°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.081
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.66:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.91:1 · AALc 52

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About #a896cd

#a896cd is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.081 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.66:1 contrast and black text 7.91:1, 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: #a896cd mixed with white

  1. a896cd
  2. b0a0d2
  3. b9abd7
  4. c1b5dd
  5. cabfe2
  6. d2cae7
  7. dbd4ec
  8. e4dff1
  9. edeaf5
  10. f6f4fa

Darker: #a896cd mixed with black

  1. a896cd
  2. 9282b2
  3. 7c6e98
  4. 675b7e
  5. 524966
  6. 3f374e
  7. 2c2638
  8. 1a1623
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a896cd with less saturation

  1. a896cd
  2. a797c9
  3. a698c4
  4. a69ac0
  5. a59bbc
  6. a49cb7
  7. a49db3
  8. a39eae
  9. a29faa
  10. a2a0a5