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#ab9bcd color: Imperial Lilac

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259°
100%

OKLCH

72.1%
0.074
299°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #ab9bcd

#ab9bcd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.1% lightness, 0.074 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: #ab9bcd mixed with white

  1. ab9bcd
  2. b3a5d2
  3. bbafd7
  4. c3b8dc
  5. ccc2e1
  6. d4cce6
  7. ddd6eb
  8. e5e0f0
  9. eeebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #ab9bcd mixed with black

  1. ab9bcd
  2. 9486b2
  3. 7e7298
  4. 685e7e
  5. 544b66
  6. 40394e
  7. 2d2838
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #ab9bcd with less saturation

  1. ab9bcd
  2. aa9cc9
  3. aa9dc5
  4. a99ec1
  5. a89fbd
  6. a8a0b9
  7. a7a1b5
  8. a6a2b1
  9. a6a3ad
  10. a5a4a9