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#bbb9ea color: Pretty Posie

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Read as HEX

242°
100%

OKLCH

80.4%
0.069
287°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.87:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.24:1 · AALc 69

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About #bbb9ea

#bbb9ea is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.4% lightness, 0.069 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.87:1 contrast and black text 11.24:1, 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: #bbb9ea mixed with white

  1. bbb9ea
  2. c2c0ec
  3. c8c7ef
  4. cfcef1
  5. d6d5f3
  6. dcdcf5
  7. e3e3f7
  8. eaeaf9
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bbb9ea mixed with black

  1. bbb9ea
  2. a2a0cb
  3. 8a89ae
  4. 737191
  5. 5c5b75
  6. 46465a
  7. 323141
  8. 1f1e29
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bbb9ea with less saturation

  1. bbb9ea
  2. bbbae6
  3. bcbae2
  4. bcbbdd
  5. bcbcd9
  6. bdbcd5
  7. bdbdd0
  8. bebdcc
  9. bebec8
  10. bebec3