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#bcb0eb color: Purple Sand

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252°
100%

OKLCH

78.8%
0.084
294°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.99:1 · Below AALc -43
Black text10.55:1 · AALc 65

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About #bcb0eb

#bcb0eb is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 78.8% lightness, 0.084 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.99:1 contrast and black text 10.55:1, 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: #bcb0eb mixed with white

  1. bcb0eb
  2. c2b8ed
  3. c9c0f0
  4. cfc8f2
  5. d6cff4
  6. ddd7f6
  7. e4dff8
  8. eae7fa
  9. f1effc
  10. f8f7fd

Darker: #bcb0eb mixed with black

  1. bcb0eb
  2. a399cc
  3. 8b82ae
  4. 736c91
  5. 5d5675
  6. 47425b
  7. 322e41
  8. 1f1c29
  9. 0d0b13
  10. 020103

Calmer: #bcb0eb with less saturation

  1. bcb0eb
  2. bcb1e6
  3. bbb2e1
  4. bbb3dd
  5. bbb4d8
  6. bbb5d3
  7. bab6ce
  8. bab7c9
  9. bab8c4
  10. bab9bf