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#aa9bcd color: Imperial Lilac

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258°
100%

OKLCH

72%
0.073
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.54:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.28:1 · AALc 54

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About #aa9bcd

#aa9bcd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72% lightness, 0.073 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.54:1 contrast and black text 8.28:1, 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: #aa9bcd mixed with white

  1. aa9bcd
  2. b2a5d2
  3. baafd7
  4. c3b8dc
  5. cbc2e1
  6. d4cce6
  7. dcd6eb
  8. e5e0f0
  9. edebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #aa9bcd mixed with black

  1. aa9bcd
  2. 9386b2
  3. 7d7298
  4. 685e7e
  5. 534b66
  6. 3f394e
  7. 2d2838
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #aa9bcd with less saturation

  1. aa9bcd
  2. a99cc9
  3. a99dc5
  4. a89ec1
  5. a89fbd
  6. a7a0b9
  7. a7a1b5
  8. a6a2b1
  9. a5a3ad
  10. a5a4a9