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#a996e2 color: Dull Lavender

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255°
100%

OKLCH

71.9%
0.110
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 11%

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White text2.58:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.15:1 · AALc 54

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About #a996e2

#a996e2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 71.9% lightness, 0.11 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.58:1 contrast and black text 8.15:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Dull Lavender (#a899e6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #a996e2 mixed with white

  1. a996e2
  2. b1a0e5
  3. b9abe9
  4. c2b5ec
  5. cac0ef
  6. d3caf2
  7. dbd5f5
  8. e4dff7
  9. edeafa
  10. f6f4fd

Darker: #a996e2 mixed with black

  1. a996e2
  2. 9282c4
  3. 7c6ea8
  4. 675b8c
  5. 534971
  6. 3f3757
  7. 2c263e
  8. 1b1627
  9. 0a0812
  10. 010103

Calmer: #a996e2 with less saturation

  1. a996e2
  2. a898dc
  3. a899d6
  4. a79bd0
  5. a79cca
  6. a69ec4
  7. a69fbe
  8. a5a0b7
  9. a5a2b1
  10. a4a3aa