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#ab9ecd color: Imperial Lilac

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257°
100%

OKLCH

72.7%
0.069
297°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.47:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.50:1 · AALc 55

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About #ab9ecd

#ab9ecd is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.7% lightness, 0.069 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.47:1 contrast and black text 8.5:1, 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: #ab9ecd mixed with white

  1. ab9ecd
  2. b3a7d2
  3. bbb1d7
  4. c3bbdc
  5. ccc4e1
  6. d4cee6
  7. ddd8eb
  8. e5e1f0
  9. eeebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #ab9ecd mixed with black

  1. ab9ecd
  2. 9489b2
  3. 7e7498
  4. 68607e
  5. 544d66
  6. 403a4e
  7. 2d2938
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #ab9ecd with less saturation

  1. ab9ecd
  2. ab9fc9
  3. aaa0c5
  4. aaa1c2
  5. a9a2be
  6. a9a3ba
  7. a8a3b6
  8. a8a4b2
  9. a7a5ae
  10. a7a6aa