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#aa9bce color: Imperial Lilac

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258°
100%

OKLCH

72%
0.075
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.53:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.29:1 · AALc 54

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About #aa9bce

#aa9bce is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72% lightness, 0.075 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.53:1 contrast and black text 8.29:1, 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: #aa9bce mixed with white

  1. aa9bce
  2. b2a5d3
  3. baafd8
  4. c3b8dd
  5. cbc2e2
  6. d4cce7
  7. dcd6ec
  8. e5e0f1
  9. edebf6
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #aa9bce mixed with black

  1. aa9bce
  2. 9386b3
  3. 7d7298
  4. 685e7f
  5. 534b66
  6. 3f394e
  7. 2d2838
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #aa9bce with less saturation

  1. aa9bce
  2. a99cca
  3. a99dc6
  4. a89ec2
  5. a89fbe
  6. a7a0ba
  7. a7a1b5
  8. a6a2b1
  9. a6a3ad
  10. a5a4a9