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#bbacef color: Purple Sand

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253°
100%

OKLCH

78.1%
0.095
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Vivid
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 6%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #bbacef

#bbacef is a bright light violet color. In OKLCH it has 78.1% lightness, 0.095 chroma and a hue of 294°.

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 Sand (#c2b2f0). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bbacef mixed with white

  1. bbacef
  2. c1b4f1
  3. c8bdf3
  4. cfc5f5
  5. d5cdf6
  6. dcd5f8
  7. e3defa
  8. eae6fb
  9. f1eefc
  10. f8f7fe

Darker: #bbacef mixed with black

  1. bbacef
  2. a295d0
  3. 8a7fb1
  4. 736994
  5. 5c5478
  6. 46405c
  7. 322d42
  8. 1f1b2a
  9. 0d0b14
  10. 020103

Calmer: #bbacef with less saturation

  1. bbacef
  2. bbadea
  3. baafe4
  4. bab0df
  5. b9b1d9
  6. b9b2d4
  7. b9b3ce
  8. b8b5c9
  9. b8b6c3
  10. b8b7bd