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#bab8ea color: Pretty Posie

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Read as HEX

242°
100%

OKLCH

80.1%
0.070
287°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.89:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.13:1 · AALc 68

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About #bab8ea

#bab8ea is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.1% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.89:1 contrast and black text 11.13:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Pretty Posie (#bcbde4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bab8ea mixed with white

  1. bab8ea
  2. c1bfec
  3. c7c6ef
  4. cecdf1
  5. d5d4f3
  6. dcdbf5
  7. e3e2f7
  8. eaeaf9
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bab8ea mixed with black

  1. bab8ea
  2. a1a0cb
  3. 8988ae
  4. 727191
  5. 5c5b75
  6. 46455a
  7. 323141
  8. 1e1e29
  9. 0d0c13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bab8ea with less saturation

  1. bab8ea
  2. bab9e6
  3. bbb9e1
  4. bbbadd
  5. bbbbd9
  6. bcbbd4
  7. bcbcd0
  8. bdbccb
  9. bdbdc7
  10. bdbdc2