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#bcacea color: Purple Sand

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255°
100%

OKLCH

78%
0.089
296°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.05:1 · Below AALc -45
Black text10.23:1 · AALc 64

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About #bcacea

#bcacea is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 78% lightness, 0.089 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.05:1 contrast and black text 10.23:1, 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: #bcacea mixed with white

  1. bcacea
  2. c2b4ec
  3. c9bdef
  4. cfc5f1
  5. d6cdf3
  6. ddd5f5
  7. e4def7
  8. eae6f9
  9. f1eefb
  10. f8f7fd

Darker: #bcacea mixed with black

  1. bcacea
  2. a395cb
  3. 8b7fae
  4. 736991
  5. 5d5475
  6. 47405a
  7. 322d41
  8. 1f1b29
  9. 0d0b13
  10. 020103

Calmer: #bcacea with less saturation

  1. bcacea
  2. bbade5
  3. bbafe0
  4. bab0db
  5. bab1d6
  6. b9b2d1
  7. b9b3cc
  8. b8b4c7
  9. b8b5c2
  10. b7b6bc