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#bb86cb color: Lavender Sweater

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286°
100%

OKLCH

69.6%
0.114
318°
  • ≈ Orchid
  • Magenta
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.84:1 · Below AALc -60
Black text7.39:1 · AALc 50

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About #bb86cb

#bb86cb is a soft magenta color. In OKLCH it has 69.6% lightness, 0.114 chroma and a hue of 318°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.84:1 contrast and black text 7.39:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Lavender Sweater (#bd83be). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-400.

More medium magenta colors

Lighter: #bb86cb mixed with white

  1. bb86cb
  2. c292d0
  3. c99ed6
  4. d0aadb
  5. d7b6e0
  6. ddc2e6
  7. e4ceeb
  8. ebdaf0
  9. f2e6f5
  10. f8f3fa

Darker: #bb86cb mixed with black

  1. bb86cb
  2. a274b0
  3. 8a6296
  4. 73517d
  5. 5c4065
  6. 46304d
  7. 322137
  8. 1f1322
  9. 0d060f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #bb86cb with less saturation

  1. bb86cb
  2. b889c7
  3. b58bc2
  4. b28ebe
  5. b090b9
  6. ad93b5
  7. aa95b0
  8. a797ab
  9. a399a7
  10. a09ba2