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#a990dc color: Middy’s Purple

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260°
100%

OKLCH

70.5%
0.112
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.72:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.71:1 · AALc 51

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About #a990dc

#a990dc is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.5% lightness, 0.112 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.72:1 contrast and black text 7.71:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Middy’s Purple (#aa8ed6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a990dc mixed with white

  1. a990dc
  2. b19be0
  3. b9a6e4
  4. c2b1e8
  5. cabceb
  6. d3c7ef
  7. dbd2f2
  8. e4ddf6
  9. ede9f9
  10. f6f4fc

Darker: #a990dc mixed with black

  1. a990dc
  2. 927dbf
  3. 7c6aa3
  4. 675788
  5. 53456e
  6. 3f3454
  7. 2c243c
  8. 1b1526
  9. 0a0711
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a990dc with less saturation

  1. a990dc
  2. a892d6
  3. a794d0
  4. a695ca
  5. a597c5
  6. a499bf
  7. a39ab9
  8. a29cb2
  9. a19dac
  10. a09ea6