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#a8a0c8 color: Evening Slipper

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252°
100%

OKLCH

72.6%
0.058
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.46:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.53:1 · AALc 56

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About #a8a0c8

#a8a0c8 is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.6% lightness, 0.058 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.46:1 contrast and black text 8.53:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Evening Slipper (#a99ec1). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a8a0c8 mixed with white

  1. a8a0c8
  2. b0a9ce
  3. b9b3d3
  4. c1bcd9
  5. cac5de
  6. d3cfe4
  7. dbd8e9
  8. e4e2ef
  9. edecf4
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #a8a0c8 mixed with black

  1. a8a0c8
  2. 928bae
  3. 7c7694
  4. 67617b
  5. 524e63
  6. 3f3b4c
  7. 2c2936
  8. 1a1921
  9. 0a090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a8a0c8 with less saturation

  1. a8a0c8
  2. a8a1c5
  3. a8a1c1
  4. a7a2be
  5. a7a3bb
  6. a7a3b7
  7. a7a4b4
  8. a7a5b1
  9. a7a5ad
  10. a6a6aa