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#c8a6ce color: Catmint

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291°
100%

OKLCH

76.8%
0.067
321°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.14:1 · Below AALc -47
Black text9.80:1 · AALc 62

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About #c8a6ce

#c8a6ce is a dusty light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 76.8% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 321°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.14:1 contrast and black text 9.8:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Catmint (#c9a8ce). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light magenta colors

Lighter: #c8a6ce mixed with white

  1. c8a6ce
  2. ceafd3
  3. d3b7d8
  4. d9c0dd
  5. dec9e2
  6. e4d2e7
  7. e9dbeb
  8. efe4f0
  9. f4edf5
  10. faf6fa

Darker: #c8a6ce mixed with black

  1. c8a6ce
  2. ae90b3
  3. 947a98
  4. 7b657f
  5. 635166
  6. 4c3e4e
  7. 362b38
  8. 211a23
  9. 0f0a0f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #c8a6ce with less saturation

  1. c8a6ce
  2. c6a7cb
  3. c4a9c9
  4. c2aac6
  5. c0acc4
  6. beadc1
  7. bcaebe
  8. bab0bc
  9. b8b1b9
  10. b6b2b6