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#bbb0eb color: Purple Sand

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251°
100%

OKLCH

78.7%
0.084
293°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.00:1 · Below AALc -43
Black text10.52:1 · AALc 65

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About #bbb0eb

#bbb0eb is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 78.7% lightness, 0.084 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2:1 contrast and black text 10.52:1, 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: #bbb0eb mixed with white

  1. bbb0eb
  2. c2b8ed
  3. c8c0f0
  4. cfc8f2
  5. d5cff4
  6. dcd7f6
  7. e3dff8
  8. eae7fa
  9. f1effc
  10. f8f7fd

Darker: #bbb0eb mixed with black

  1. bbb0eb
  2. a299cc
  3. 8a82ae
  4. 736c91
  5. 5c5675
  6. 46425b
  7. 322e41
  8. 1f1c29
  9. 0d0b13
  10. 020103

Calmer: #bbb0eb with less saturation

  1. bbb0eb
  2. bbb1e6
  3. bbb2e1
  4. bab3dc
  5. bab4d8
  6. bab5d3
  7. bab6ce
  8. bab7c9
  9. bab8c4
  10. b9b9bf