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#bb9bdb color: Violet Velvet

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270°
100%

OKLCH

74.1%
0.097
307°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.38:1 · Below AALc -52
Black text8.82:1 · AALc 57

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About #bb9bdb

#bb9bdb is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 74.1% lightness, 0.097 chroma and a hue of 307°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.38:1 contrast and black text 8.82:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Violet Velvet (#b19cd9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #bb9bdb mixed with white

  1. bb9bdb
  2. c2a5df
  3. c8afe3
  4. cfb9e6
  5. d6c3ea
  6. ddcdee
  7. e3d7f1
  8. eae1f5
  9. f1ebf8
  10. f8f5fc

Darker: #bb9bdb mixed with black

  1. bb9bdb
  2. a286be
  3. 8a72a2
  4. 735e87
  5. 5c4b6d
  6. 463954
  7. 32283c
  8. 1f1826
  9. 0d0911
  10. 020102

Calmer: #bb9bdb with less saturation

  1. bb9bdb
  2. b99dd6
  3. b89fd2
  4. b6a0cd
  5. b5a2c8
  6. b3a4c3
  7. b1a5bf
  8. b0a7ba
  9. aea8b5
  10. aca9b0