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#ac9cd8 color: Violet Velvet

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256°
100%

OKLCH

72.8%
0.087
296°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #ac9cd8

#ac9cd8 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 72.8% lightness, 0.087 chroma and a hue of 296°.

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 Violet Velvet (#b19cd9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #ac9cd8 mixed with white

  1. ac9cd8
  2. b4a6dc
  3. bcb0e0
  4. c4b9e4
  5. ccc3e8
  6. d4cdec
  7. ddd7f0
  8. e5e1f4
  9. eeebf8
  10. f6f5fb

Darker: #ac9cd8 mixed with black

  1. ac9cd8
  2. 9587bc
  3. 7f73a0
  4. 695f85
  5. 544c6b
  6. 403953
  7. 2d283b
  8. 1b1825
  9. 0b0911
  10. 010102

Calmer: #ac9cd8 with less saturation

  1. ac9cd8
  2. ab9dd3
  3. ab9fce
  4. aaa0ca
  5. aaa1c5
  6. a9a2c0
  7. a9a3bb
  8. a8a4b6
  9. a8a5b1
  10. a7a6ac