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#bbb9e7 color: Pretty Posie

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243°
100%

OKLCH

80.3%
0.065
287°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.87:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.21:1 · AALc 68

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About #bbb9e7

#bbb9e7 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.3% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.87:1 contrast and black text 11.21:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Pretty Posie (#bcbde4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bbb9e7 mixed with white

  1. bbb9e7
  2. c2c0ea
  3. c8c7ec
  4. cfceef
  5. d6d5f1
  6. dcdcf4
  7. e3e3f6
  8. eaeaf8
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bbb9e7 mixed with black

  1. bbb9e7
  2. a2a0c9
  3. 8a89ab
  4. 73718f
  5. 5c5b73
  6. 464659
  7. 323140
  8. 1f1e28
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bbb9e7 with less saturation

  1. bbb9e7
  2. bbbae3
  3. bcbadf
  4. bcbbdb
  5. bcbbd7
  6. bdbcd3
  7. bdbccf
  8. bdbdcb
  9. bebec7
  10. bebec3