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#bdb7de color: Melrose

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249°
100%

OKLCH

79.7%
0.055
292°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.91:1 · Below AALc -41
Black text10.99:1 · AALc 67

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About #bdb7de

#bdb7de is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.7% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 292°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.91:1 contrast and black text 10.99:1, 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: #bdb7de mixed with white

  1. bdb7de
  2. c3bee1
  3. cac5e5
  4. d0cce8
  5. d7d3ec
  6. dddbef
  7. e4e2f2
  8. ebe9f5
  9. f1f0f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bdb7de mixed with black

  1. bdb7de
  2. a49fc1
  3. 8c87a5
  4. 747089
  5. 5d5a6f
  6. 474555
  7. 33313d
  8. 1f1e26
  9. 0d0c12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bdb7de with less saturation

  1. bdb7de
  2. bdb8db
  3. bdb8d7
  4. bdb9d4
  5. bdb9d1
  6. bdbace
  7. bdbbca
  8. bdbbc7
  9. bdbcc3
  10. bdbcc0