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#bcbae7 color: Pretty Posie

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243°
100%

OKLCH

80.6%
0.063
287°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.86:1 · Below AALc -39
Black text11.32:1 · AALc 69

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About #bcbae7

#bcbae7 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.6% lightness, 0.063 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.86:1 contrast and black text 11.32:1, 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: #bcbae7 mixed with white

  1. bcbae7
  2. c2c1ea
  3. c9c8ec
  4. d0cfef
  5. d6d5f1
  6. dddcf4
  7. e4e3f6
  8. eaeaf8
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bcbae7 mixed with black

  1. bcbae7
  2. a3a1c9
  3. 8b89ab
  4. 73728f
  5. 5d5c73
  6. 474659
  7. 323240
  8. 1f1e28
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bcbae7 with less saturation

  1. bcbae7
  2. bcbbe3
  3. bdbbdf
  4. bdbcdb
  5. bdbcd7
  6. bebdd3
  7. bebdcf
  8. bebecb
  9. bfbec7
  10. bfbfc3