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#ab9dcd color: Imperial Lilac

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257°
100%

OKLCH

72.5%
0.070
298°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.49:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.44:1 · AALc 55

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About #ab9dcd

#ab9dcd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.5% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.49:1 contrast and black text 8.44:1, 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: #ab9dcd mixed with white

  1. ab9dcd
  2. b3a7d2
  3. bbb0d7
  4. c3badc
  5. ccc4e1
  6. d4cde6
  7. ddd7eb
  8. e5e1f0
  9. eeebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #ab9dcd mixed with black

  1. ab9dcd
  2. 9488b2
  3. 7e7398
  4. 685f7e
  5. 544c66
  6. 403a4e
  7. 2d2838
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #ab9dcd with less saturation

  1. ab9dcd
  2. aa9ec9
  3. aa9fc5
  4. a9a0c2
  5. a9a1be
  6. a8a2ba
  7. a8a3b6
  8. a7a3b2
  9. a7a4ae
  10. a6a5aa