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#b56ed2 color: Lavender

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Read as HEX

283°
100%

OKLCH

65.4%
0.160
315°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.43:1 · Below AALc -67
Black text6.13:1 · AALc 43

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About #b56ed2

#b56ed2 is a soft purple color. In OKLCH it has 65.4% lightness, 0.16 chroma and a hue of 315°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.43:1 contrast and black text 6.13:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Lavender (#b56edc). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is purple-400.

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Lighter: #b56ed2 mixed with white

  1. b56ed2
  2. bd7dd7
  3. c48cdc
  4. cc9ae1
  5. d3a9e6
  6. dbb7ea
  7. e2c5ef
  8. e9d4f3
  9. f1e2f7
  10. f8f1fb

Darker: #b56ed2 mixed with black

  1. b56ed2
  2. 9d5fb6
  3. 86509b
  4. 6f4181
  5. 593368
  6. 442650
  7. 301939
  8. 1d0e24
  9. 0c0410
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b56ed2 with less saturation

  1. b56ed2
  2. b272cc
  3. ae77c5
  4. ab7abf
  5. a77eb9
  6. a381b2
  7. a085ab
  8. 9c88a5
  9. 988b9e
  10. 948d97