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#aa9cc8 color: Imperial Lilac

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259°
100%

OKLCH

72%
0.065
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.53:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.30:1 · AALc 54

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About #aa9cc8

#aa9cc8 is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.53:1 contrast and black text 8.3:1, 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: #aa9cc8 mixed with white

  1. aa9cc8
  2. b2a6ce
  3. baafd3
  4. c3b9d9
  5. cbc3de
  6. d4cde4
  7. dcd7e9
  8. e5e1ef
  9. edebf4
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #aa9cc8 mixed with black

  1. aa9cc8
  2. 9387ae
  3. 7d7394
  4. 685f7b
  5. 534c63
  6. 3f394c
  7. 2d2836
  8. 1b1821
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #aa9cc8 with less saturation

  1. aa9cc8
  2. a99dc5
  3. a99ec1
  4. a89fbe
  5. a8a0ba
  6. a7a0b6
  7. a7a1b3
  8. a6a2af
  9. a5a3ac
  10. a5a4a8