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#ab9ece color: Imperial Lilac

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256°
100%

OKLCH

72.7%
0.070
297°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.47:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.51:1 · AALc 56

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About #ab9ece

#ab9ece is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.7% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.47:1 contrast and black text 8.51:1, 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: #ab9ece mixed with white

  1. ab9ece
  2. b3a7d3
  3. bbb1d8
  4. c3bbdd
  5. ccc4e2
  6. d4cee7
  7. ddd8ec
  8. e5e1f1
  9. eeebf5
  10. f6f5fa

Darker: #ab9ece mixed with black

  1. ab9ece
  2. 9489b3
  3. 7e7498
  4. 68607f
  5. 544d66
  6. 403a4e
  7. 2d2938
  8. 1b1823
  9. 0b090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #ab9ece with less saturation

  1. ab9ece
  2. ab9fca
  3. aaa0c6
  4. aaa1c2
  5. a9a2bf
  6. a9a3bb
  7. a8a3b7
  8. a8a4b3
  9. a7a5af
  10. a7a6ab