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#b28cd8 color: Middy’s Purple

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270°
100%

OKLCH

70.4%
0.115
307°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.75:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.64:1 · AALc 51

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About #b28cd8

#b28cd8 is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.4% lightness, 0.115 chroma and a hue of 307°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.75:1 contrast and black text 7.64:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Middy’s Purple (#aa8ed6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-400.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #b28cd8 mixed with white

  1. b28cd8
  2. b997dc
  3. c1a3e1
  4. c9aee5
  5. d0bae9
  6. d8c5ed
  7. e0d1f1
  8. e7dcf4
  9. efe8f8
  10. f7f3fc

Darker: #b28cd8 mixed with black

  1. b28cd8
  2. 9a79bc
  3. 8367a0
  4. 6d5585
  5. 57436b
  6. 433353
  7. 2f233b
  8. 1d1425
  9. 0c0711
  10. 010102

Calmer: #b28cd8 with less saturation

  1. b28cd8
  2. b08ed3
  3. ae91cd
  4. ac93c8
  5. ab95c2
  6. a997bc
  7. a799b7
  8. a59ab1
  9. a39cab
  10. a19ea5