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#c8a9ca color: Catmint

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296°
100%

OKLCH

77.2%
0.058
324°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.10:1 · Below AALc -46
Black text9.98:1 · AALc 63

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About #c8a9ca

#c8a9ca is a dusty light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 77.2% lightness, 0.058 chroma and a hue of 324°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.1:1 contrast and black text 9.98:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Catmint (#c9a8ce). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

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Lighter: #c8a9ca mixed with white

  1. c8a9ca
  2. ceb1cf
  3. d3bad5
  4. d9c2da
  5. decbdf
  6. e4d3e4
  7. e9dcea
  8. efe5ef
  9. f4edf4
  10. faf6fa

Darker: #c8a9ca mixed with black

  1. c8a9ca
  2. ae92af
  3. 947c95
  4. 7b677c
  5. 635364
  6. 4c3f4d
  7. 362c37
  8. 211b22
  9. 0f0a0f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #c8a9ca with less saturation

  1. c8a9ca
  2. c6aac8
  3. c4abc6
  4. c2adc4
  5. c1aec2
  6. bfafc0
  7. bdb0bd
  8. bbb1bb
  9. b9b3b9
  10. b7b4b7