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#b8afe1 color: Purple Hibiscus

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251°
100%

OKLCH

77.9%
0.071
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 12%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.05:1 · Below AALc -44
Black text10.26:1 · AALc 64

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About #b8afe1

#b8afe1 is a dusty light violet color. In OKLCH it has 77.9% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.05:1 contrast and black text 10.26:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Purple Hibiscus (#b6add8). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #b8afe1 mixed with white

  1. b8afe1
  2. bfb7e4
  3. c6bfe7
  4. cdc7ea
  5. d4cfee
  6. dbd7f1
  7. e2dff4
  8. e9e7f6
  9. f0eff9
  10. f8f7fc

Darker: #b8afe1 mixed with black

  1. b8afe1
  2. a098c4
  3. 8881a7
  4. 716b8b
  5. 5b5670
  6. 454156
  7. 312e3e
  8. 1e1c27
  9. 0c0b12
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b8afe1 with less saturation

  1. b8afe1
  2. b8b0dd
  3. b8b1d9
  4. b7b2d5
  5. b7b2d0
  6. b7b3cc
  7. b7b4c8
  8. b7b5c4
  9. b7b5bf
  10. b7b6bb