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#a99dcd color: Imperial Lilac

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255°
100%

OKLCH

72.3%
0.070
296°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.50:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.39:1 · AALc 55

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About #a99dcd

#a99dcd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.3% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.5:1 contrast and black text 8.39:1, 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: #a99dcd mixed with white

  1. a99dcd
  2. b1a7d2
  3. bab0d7
  4. c2badc
  5. cac4e1
  6. d3cde6
  7. dcd7eb
  8. e4e1f0
  9. edebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #a99dcd mixed with black

  1. a99dcd
  2. 9288b2
  3. 7c7398
  4. 675f7e
  5. 534c66
  6. 3f3a4e
  7. 2c2838
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0a090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #a99dcd with less saturation

  1. a99dcd
  2. a99ec9
  3. a89fc5
  4. a8a0c1
  5. a7a1bd
  6. a7a1ba
  7. a7a2b6
  8. a6a3b2
  9. a6a4ae
  10. a6a5a9