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#bcb9ea color: Pretty Posie

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244°
100%

OKLCH

80.5%
0.069
288°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.86:1 · Below AALc -39
Black text11.27:1 · AALc 69

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About #bcb9ea

#bcb9ea is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.5% lightness, 0.069 chroma and a hue of 288°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.86:1 contrast and black text 11.27:1, 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: #bcb9ea mixed with white

  1. bcb9ea
  2. c2c0ec
  3. c9c7ef
  4. d0cef1
  5. d6d5f3
  6. dddcf5
  7. e4e3f7
  8. eaeaf9
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bcb9ea mixed with black

  1. bcb9ea
  2. a3a0cb
  3. 8b89ae
  4. 737191
  5. 5d5b75
  6. 47465a
  7. 323141
  8. 1f1e29
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bcb9ea with less saturation

  1. bcb9ea
  2. bcbae6
  3. bcbae2
  4. bdbbdd
  5. bdbcd9
  6. bdbcd5
  7. bebdd1
  8. bebdcc
  9. bebec8
  10. bfbfc3