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#b8a9ce color: Jacey’s Favourite

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264°
100%

OKLCH

76%
0.055
304°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.19:1 · Below AALc -48
Black text9.60:1 · AALc 61

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About #b8a9ce

#b8a9ce is a dusty light purple color. In OKLCH it has 76% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 304°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.19:1 contrast and black text 9.6:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Jacey’s Favourite (#bcaccd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #b8a9ce mixed with white

  1. b8a9ce
  2. bfb1d3
  3. c6bad8
  4. cdc2dd
  5. d4cbe2
  6. dbd3e7
  7. e2dcec
  8. e9e5f0
  9. f0edf5
  10. f8f6fa

Darker: #b8a9ce mixed with black

  1. b8a9ce
  2. a092b3
  3. 887c98
  4. 71677f
  5. 5b5366
  6. 453f4e
  7. 312c38
  8. 1e1b23
  9. 0c0a0f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b8a9ce with less saturation

  1. b8a9ce
  2. b7aacb
  3. b7abc8
  4. b6abc5
  5. b5acc3
  6. b4adc0
  7. b4aebd
  8. b3afba
  9. b2afb7
  10. b1b0b4