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#a89bdb color: Violet Velvet

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252°
100%

OKLCH

72.4%
0.093
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.51:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.38:1 · AALc 55

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About #a89bdb

#a89bdb is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.4% lightness, 0.093 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.51:1 contrast and black text 8.38:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Violet Velvet (#b19cd9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a89bdb mixed with white

  1. a89bdb
  2. b0a5df
  3. b9afe3
  4. c1b9e7
  5. cac3ea
  6. d2cdee
  7. dbd7f2
  8. e4e1f5
  9. edebf8
  10. f6f5fc

Darker: #a89bdb mixed with black

  1. a89bdb
  2. 9286be
  3. 7c72a2
  4. 675e87
  5. 524b6d
  6. 3f3954
  7. 2c283c
  8. 1a1826
  9. 0a0911
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a89bdb with less saturation

  1. a89bdb
  2. a89cd6
  3. a79ed1
  4. a79fcb
  5. a7a0c6
  6. a7a1c1
  7. a6a2bc
  8. a6a3b6
  9. a6a4b1
  10. a6a5ab