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#a8a0dd color: Simply Violet

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248°
100%

OKLCH

73.5%
0.088
290°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • indigo-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.40:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.74:1 · AALc 57

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About #a8a0dd

#a8a0dd is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 73.5% lightness, 0.088 chroma and a hue of 290°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.4:1 contrast and black text 8.74:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Simply Violet (#a6a1d7). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a8a0dd mixed with white

  1. a8a0dd
  2. b0a9e1
  3. b9b3e4
  4. c1bce8
  5. cac6ec
  6. d2cfef
  7. dbd9f2
  8. e4e2f6
  9. edecf9
  10. f6f5fc

Darker: #a8a0dd mixed with black

  1. a8a0dd
  2. 928bc0
  3. 7c76a4
  4. 676188
  5. 524e6e
  6. 3f3b55
  7. 2c293d
  8. 1a1926
  9. 0a0911
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a8a0dd with less saturation

  1. a8a0dd
  2. a8a1d8
  3. a8a2d3
  4. a8a3ce
  5. a8a4c9
  6. a8a5c4
  7. a8a6be
  8. a8a7b9
  9. a9a7b4
  10. a9a8ae