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#a8a4dc color: Simply Violet

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244°
100%

OKLCH

74.2%
0.080
288°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • indigo-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.33:1 · Below AALc -51
Black text9.01:1 · AALc 58

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About #a8a4dc

#a8a4dc is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 74.2% lightness, 0.08 chroma and a hue of 288°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.33:1 contrast and black text 9.01:1, 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: #a8a4dc mixed with white

  1. a8a4dc
  2. b0ade0
  3. b9b6e4
  4. c1bfe7
  5. cac8eb
  6. d2d1ee
  7. dbdaf2
  8. e4e3f5
  9. ededf9
  10. f6f6fc

Darker: #a8a4dc mixed with black

  1. a8a4dc
  2. 928ebf
  3. 7c79a3
  4. 676488
  5. 52506e
  6. 3f3d54
  7. 2c2b3c
  8. 1a1a26
  9. 0a0a11
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a8a4dc with less saturation

  1. a8a4dc
  2. a8a5d7
  3. a8a6d3
  4. a9a7ce
  5. a9a7c9
  6. a9a8c4
  7. aaa9bf
  8. aaa9ba
  9. aaaab5
  10. ababb0