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#a89ecd color: Imperial Lilac

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253°
100%

OKLCH

72.4%
0.068
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.49:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.44:1 · AALc 55

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About #a89ecd

#a89ecd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.4% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.49:1 contrast and black text 8.44:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Imperial Lilac (#a99fcf). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a89ecd mixed with white

  1. a89ecd
  2. b0a7d2
  3. b9b1d7
  4. c1bbdc
  5. cac4e1
  6. d2cee6
  7. dbd8eb
  8. e4e1f0
  9. edebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #a89ecd mixed with black

  1. a89ecd
  2. 9289b2
  3. 7c7498
  4. 67607e
  5. 524d66
  6. 3f3a4e
  7. 2c2938
  8. 1a1823
  9. 0a090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a89ecd with less saturation

  1. a89ecd
  2. a89fc9
  3. a7a0c5
  4. a7a1c1
  5. a7a1be
  6. a7a2ba
  7. a6a3b6
  8. a6a4b2
  9. a6a4ae
  10. a6a5aa