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#aa8de2 color: Middy’s Purple

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260°
100%

OKLCH

70.3%
0.125
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 11%

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White text2.76:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.62:1 · AALc 51

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About #aa8de2

#aa8de2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.3% lightness, 0.125 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.76:1 contrast and black text 7.62:1, 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: #aa8de2 mixed with white

  1. aa8de2
  2. b298e5
  3. baa4e9
  4. c2afec
  5. cbbbef
  6. d3c6f2
  7. dcd1f5
  8. e4ddf8
  9. ede8fa
  10. f6f4fd

Darker: #aa8de2 mixed with black

  1. aa8de2
  2. 937ac4
  3. 7d67a8
  4. 68558c
  5. 534471
  6. 3f3357
  7. 2d233e
  8. 1b1427
  9. 0b0712
  10. 010103

Calmer: #aa8de2 with less saturation

  1. aa8de2
  2. a98fdc
  3. a891d5
  4. a693cf
  5. a595c8
  6. a497c1
  7. a399bb
  8. a29bb4
  9. a19cad
  10. a09ea6