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#bbaeea color: Purple Sand

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253°
100%

OKLCH

78.3%
0.085
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.03:1 · Below AALc -44
Black text10.36:1 · AALc 65

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About #bbaeea

#bbaeea is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 78.3% lightness, 0.085 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.03:1 contrast and black text 10.36:1, 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: #bbaeea mixed with white

  1. bbaeea
  2. c2b6ec
  3. c8beef
  4. cfc6f1
  5. d5cef3
  6. dcd6f5
  7. e3def7
  8. eae7f9
  9. f1effb
  10. f8f7fd

Darker: #bbaeea mixed with black

  1. bbaeea
  2. a297cb
  3. 8a80ae
  4. 736a91
  5. 5c5575
  6. 46415a
  7. 322e41
  8. 1f1c29
  9. 0d0b13
  10. 020103

Calmer: #bbaeea with less saturation

  1. bbaeea
  2. bbafe5
  3. bab0e0
  4. bab1db
  5. bab2d6
  6. b9b3d2
  7. b9b4cc
  8. b9b5c7
  9. b8b6c2
  10. b8b7bd