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#a896e2 color: Dull Lavender

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254°
100%

OKLCH

71.8%
0.110
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.58:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.13:1 · AALc 54

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About #a896e2

#a896e2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71.8% lightness, 0.11 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.58:1 contrast and black text 8.13:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Dull Lavender (#a899e6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a896e2 mixed with white

  1. a896e2
  2. b0a0e5
  3. b9abe9
  4. c1b5ec
  5. c9c0ef
  6. d2caf2
  7. dbd5f5
  8. e4dff7
  9. edeafa
  10. f6f4fd

Darker: #a896e2 mixed with black

  1. a896e2
  2. 9282c4
  3. 7c6ea8
  4. 675b8c
  5. 524971
  6. 3f3757
  7. 2c263e
  8. 1a1627
  9. 0a0812
  10. 010103

Calmer: #a896e2 with less saturation

  1. a896e2
  2. a798dc
  3. a799d6
  4. a69bd0
  5. a69cca
  6. a59ec4
  7. a59fbd
  8. a5a0b7
  9. a4a1b1
  10. a4a3aa