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#af9fe2 color: Violet Velvet

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254°
100%

OKLCH

74.1%
0.097
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • indigo-300
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.36:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.88:1 · AALc 57

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About #af9fe2

#af9fe2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 74.1% lightness, 0.097 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.36:1 contrast and black text 8.88:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Violet Velvet (#b19cd9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #af9fe2 mixed with white

  1. af9fe2
  2. b7a9e5
  3. beb2e8
  4. c6bcec
  5. cec5ef
  6. d6cff2
  7. ded8f4
  8. e6e2f7
  9. eeecfa
  10. f7f5fc

Darker: #af9fe2 mixed with black

  1. af9fe2
  2. 988ac4
  3. 8175a8
  4. 6b618c
  5. 564d71
  6. 413b57
  7. 2e293e
  8. 1c1827
  9. 0b0912
  10. 010103

Calmer: #af9fe2 with less saturation

  1. af9fe2
  2. aea0dd
  3. aea2d7
  4. aea3d2
  5. ada4cc
  6. ada6c7
  7. aca7c1
  8. aca8bc
  9. aba9b6
  10. abaab1