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#a8a1cf color: Imperial Lilac

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249°
100%

OKLCH

73.1%
0.066
292°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.42:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.66:1 · AALc 56

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About #a8a1cf

#a8a1cf is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 73.1% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 292°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.42:1 contrast and black text 8.66:1, 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: #a8a1cf mixed with white

  1. a8a1cf
  2. b0aad4
  3. b9b3d9
  4. c1bdde
  5. cac6e3
  6. d2cfe7
  7. dbd9ec
  8. e4e2f1
  9. edecf6
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #a8a1cf mixed with black

  1. a8a1cf
  2. 928bb4
  3. 7c7699
  4. 67627f
  5. 524e67
  6. 3f3c4f
  7. 2c2a38
  8. 1a1923
  9. 0a0910
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a8a1cf with less saturation

  1. a8a1cf
  2. a8a2cb
  3. a8a3c7
  4. a8a3c4
  5. a8a4c0
  6. a8a5bc
  7. a8a5b8
  8. a8a6b4
  9. a8a7b0
  10. a8a7ac