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#b385be color: African Violet

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Read as HEX

288°
100%

OKLCH

68.1%
0.097
320°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Magenta
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 25%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.99:1 · Below AALc -62
Black text7.02:1 · AALc 48

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About #b385be

#b385be is a soft magenta color. In OKLCH it has 68.1% lightness, 0.097 chroma and a hue of 320°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.99:1 contrast and black text 7.02:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is African Violet (#b085b7). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More medium magenta colors

Lighter: #b385be mixed with white

  1. b385be
  2. bb91c5
  3. c29dcb
  4. caa9d2
  5. d1b5d8
  6. d9c1df
  7. e1cde5
  8. e8daec
  9. f0e6f2
  10. f7f2f9

Darker: #b385be mixed with black

  1. b385be
  2. 9b73a5
  3. 84618c
  4. 6e5075
  5. 58405e
  6. 433048
  7. 2f2133
  8. 1d131f
  9. 0c060d
  10. 010102

Calmer: #b385be with less saturation

  1. b385be
  2. b087ba
  3. ae89b7
  4. ab8bb3
  5. a98daf
  6. a68fac
  7. a391a8
  8. a193a4
  9. 9e95a0
  10. 9b979c