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#a996ce color: Gorgeous Hydrangea

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260°
100%

OKLCH

71%
0.083
300°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.64:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.94:1 · AALc 53

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About #a996ce

#a996ce is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71% lightness, 0.083 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.64:1 contrast and black text 7.94:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Gorgeous Hydrangea (#a495cb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a996ce mixed with white

  1. a996ce
  2. b1a0d3
  3. baabd8
  4. c2b5dd
  5. cabfe2
  6. d3cae7
  7. dcd4ec
  8. e4dff1
  9. edeaf6
  10. f6f4fa

Darker: #a996ce mixed with black

  1. a996ce
  2. 9282b3
  3. 7c6e98
  4. 675b7f
  5. 534966
  6. 3f374e
  7. 2c2638
  8. 1b1623
  9. 0a080f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a996ce with less saturation

  1. a996ce
  2. a897ca
  3. a799c5
  4. a79ac1
  5. a69bbd
  6. a59cb8
  7. a49db4
  8. a39eaf
  9. a39fab
  10. a2a0a6