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#bcb8df color: Melrose

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246°
100%

OKLCH

79.9%
0.055
290°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.90:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.06:1 · AALc 68

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About #bcb8df

#bcb8df is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.9% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 290°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.9:1 contrast and black text 11.06:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Melrose (#c3b9dd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bcb8df mixed with white

  1. bcb8df
  2. c2bfe2
  3. c9c6e6
  4. d0cde9
  5. d6d4ec
  6. dddbef
  7. e4e2f3
  8. eae9f6
  9. f1f1f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bcb8df mixed with black

  1. bcb8df
  2. a3a0c2
  3. 8b88a5
  4. 73718a
  5. 5d5b6f
  6. 474556
  7. 32313d
  8. 1f1e27
  9. 0d0c12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bcb8df with less saturation

  1. bcb8df
  2. bcb9dc
  3. bcb9d8
  4. bcbad5
  5. bcbad2
  6. bcbbce
  7. bdbbcb
  8. bdbcc7
  9. bdbcc4
  10. bdbdc1