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#bcaad7 color: Purple Gladiola

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264°
100%

OKLCH

76.8%
0.066
303°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 16%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.13:1 · Below AALc -46
Black text9.87:1 · AALc 62

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About #bcaad7

#bcaad7 is a dusty light purple color. In OKLCH it has 76.8% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 303°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.13:1 contrast and black text 9.87:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Purple Gladiola (#c1abd4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #bcaad7 mixed with white

  1. bcaad7
  2. c3b2db
  3. c9bbdf
  4. d0c3e3
  5. d6cce7
  6. ddd4eb
  7. e4ddef
  8. eae5f3
  9. f1eef7
  10. f8f6fb

Darker: #bcaad7 mixed with black

  1. bcaad7
  2. a393bb
  3. 8b7d9f
  4. 736885
  5. 5d536b
  6. 473f52
  7. 322d3b
  8. 1f1b25
  9. 0d0b11
  10. 020102

Calmer: #bcaad7 with less saturation

  1. bcaad7
  2. bbabd4
  3. baacd0
  4. b9adcd
  5. b9aec9
  6. b8afc6
  7. b7b0c2
  8. b6b1be
  9. b5b2bb
  10. b4b3b7