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#bdb7dc color: Melrose

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250°
100%

OKLCH

79.6%
0.052
293°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.91:1 · Below AALc -41
Black text10.97:1 · AALc 67

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About #bdb7dc

#bdb7dc is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.6% lightness, 0.052 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.91:1 contrast and black text 10.97:1, 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: #bdb7dc mixed with white

  1. bdb7dc
  2. c3bee0
  3. cac5e3
  4. d0cce7
  5. d7d3ea
  6. dddbee
  7. e4e2f1
  8. ebe9f5
  9. f1f0f8
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bdb7dc mixed with black

  1. bdb7dc
  2. a49fbf
  3. 8c87a3
  4. 747088
  5. 5d5a6e
  6. 474554
  7. 33313c
  8. 1f1e26
  9. 0d0c11
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bdb7dc with less saturation

  1. bdb7dc
  2. bdb8d9
  3. bdb8d6
  4. bdb9d3
  5. bdb9d0
  6. bdbacc
  7. bdbac9
  8. bcbbc6
  9. bcbbc3
  10. bcbcc0