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#a89bc3 color: Ode to Purple

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260°
100%

OKLCH

71.4%
0.059
300°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 24%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.58:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.14:1 · AALc 54

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About #a89bc3

#a89bc3 is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71.4% lightness, 0.059 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.58:1 contrast and black text 8.14:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Ode to Purple (#a798c2). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a89bc3 mixed with white

  1. a89bc3
  2. b0a5c9
  3. b9aecf
  4. c1b8d5
  5. cac2db
  6. d3cce1
  7. dbd6e7
  8. e4e0ed
  9. edeaf3
  10. f6f5f9

Darker: #a89bc3 mixed with black

  1. a89bc3
  2. 9286a9
  3. 7c7290
  4. 675e78
  5. 524b60
  6. 3f394a
  7. 2c2834
  8. 1a1820
  9. 0a090e
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a89bc3 with less saturation

  1. a89bc3
  2. a79cc0
  3. a79dbd
  4. a69db9
  5. a69eb6
  6. a59fb3
  7. a5a0b0
  8. a4a1ad
  9. a4a1a9
  10. a3a2a6