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#b8a5ce color: Lavendula

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268°
100%

OKLCH

75.2%
0.061
306°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.26:1 · Below AALc -49
Black text9.31:1 · AALc 60

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About #b8a5ce

#b8a5ce is a dusty light purple color. In OKLCH it has 75.2% lightness, 0.061 chroma and a hue of 306°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.26:1 contrast and black text 9.31:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Lavendula (#bca4cb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #b8a5ce mixed with white

  1. b8a5ce
  2. bfaed3
  3. c6b7d8
  4. cdbfdd
  5. d4c8e2
  6. dbd1e7
  7. e2daec
  8. e9e3f0
  9. f0edf5
  10. f8f6fa

Darker: #b8a5ce mixed with black

  1. b8a5ce
  2. a08fb3
  3. 887998
  4. 71657f
  5. 5b5166
  6. 453d4e
  7. 312b38
  8. 1e1a23
  9. 0c0a0f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b8a5ce with less saturation

  1. b8a5ce
  2. b7a6cb
  3. b6a7c8
  4. b5a8c5
  5. b4a9c2
  6. b3aabe
  7. b2abbb
  8. b1acb8
  9. b0adb5
  10. afadb2