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#ab8de2 color: Middy’s Purple

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261°
100%

OKLCH

70.4%
0.125
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-400
  • Black 11%

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White text2.75:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.64:1 · AALc 51

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About #ab8de2

#ab8de2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 70.4% lightness, 0.125 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.75:1 contrast and black text 7.64:1, 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: #ab8de2 mixed with white

  1. ab8de2
  2. b398e5
  3. bba4e9
  4. c3afec
  5. cbbbef
  6. d4c6f2
  7. dcd1f5
  8. e5ddf8
  9. ede8fa
  10. f6f4fd

Darker: #ab8de2 mixed with black

  1. ab8de2
  2. 947ac4
  3. 7e67a8
  4. 68558c
  5. 544471
  6. 403357
  7. 2d233e
  8. 1b1427
  9. 0b0712
  10. 010103

Calmer: #ab8de2 with less saturation

  1. ab8de2
  2. aa8fdc
  3. a891d5
  4. a794cf
  5. a695c8
  6. a597c2
  7. a499bb
  8. a39bb4
  9. a19cad
  10. a09ea6