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#ae8bb3 color: Violet Whimsy

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293°
100%

OKLCH

68.3%
0.070
322°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Magenta
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 30%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.94:1 · Below AALc -61
Black text7.14:1 · AALc 48

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About #ae8bb3

#ae8bb3 is a dusty magenta color. In OKLCH it has 68.3% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 322°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.94:1 contrast and black text 7.14:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Violet Whimsy (#b48bb8). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More medium magenta colors

Lighter: #ae8bb3 mixed with white

  1. ae8bb3
  2. b696bb
  3. bea1c2
  4. c6adca
  5. ceb8d1
  6. d6c4d9
  7. decfe0
  8. e6dbe8
  9. efe7f0
  10. f7f3f7

Darker: #ae8bb3 mixed with black

  1. ae8bb3
  2. 97789b
  3. 806684
  4. 6a546e
  5. 554358
  6. 413243
  7. 2e232f
  8. 1c141d
  9. 0b070c
  10. 010101

Calmer: #ae8bb3 with less saturation

  1. ae8bb3
  2. ac8db0
  3. aa8eae
  4. a88fab
  5. a691a9
  6. a492a6
  7. a294a4
  8. a095a1
  9. 9d969e
  10. 9b989c