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#b09cd8 color: Violet Velvet

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260°
100%

OKLCH

73.2%
0.088
300°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.44:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.59:1 · AALc 56

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About #b09cd8

#b09cd8 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 73.2% lightness, 0.088 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.44:1 contrast and black text 8.59:1, 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: #b09cd8 mixed with white

  1. b09cd8
  2. b8a6dc
  3. bfb0e0
  4. c7b9e4
  5. cfc3e8
  6. d7cdec
  7. dfd7f0
  8. e7e1f4
  9. efebf8
  10. f7f5fb

Darker: #b09cd8 mixed with black

  1. b09cd8
  2. 9987bc
  3. 8273a0
  4. 6c5f85
  5. 564c6b
  6. 423953
  7. 2e283b
  8. 1c1825
  9. 0b0911
  10. 010102

Calmer: #b09cd8 with less saturation

  1. b09cd8
  2. af9dd3
  3. ae9fcf
  4. ada0ca
  5. ada1c5
  6. aca3c0
  7. aba4bc
  8. aaa5b7
  9. a9a6b2
  10. a9a7ad