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#aaa3c8 color: Forever Lilac

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251°
100%

OKLCH

73.4%
0.053
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.39:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.78:1 · AALc 57

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About #aaa3c8

#aaa3c8 is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 73.4% lightness, 0.053 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.39:1 contrast and black text 8.78:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Forever Lilac (#afa5c7). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #aaa3c8 mixed with white

  1. aaa3c8
  2. b2acce
  3. bab5d3
  4. c3bed9
  5. cbc7de
  6. d4d0e4
  7. dcd9e9
  8. e5e3ef
  9. edecf4
  10. f6f6fa

Darker: #aaa3c8 mixed with black

  1. aaa3c8
  2. 938dae
  3. 7d7894
  4. 68637b
  5. 534f63
  6. 3f3c4c
  7. 2d2a36
  8. 1b1921
  9. 0b0a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #aaa3c8 with less saturation

  1. aaa3c8
  2. aaa4c5
  3. aaa4c2
  4. aaa5bf
  5. a9a5bc
  6. a9a6b9
  7. a9a7b5
  8. a9a7b2
  9. a9a8af
  10. a9a8ac