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#bdb7df color: Melrose

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249°
100%

OKLCH

79.8%
0.056
292°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.91:1 · Below AALc -41
Black text11.00:1 · AALc 67

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About #bdb7df

#bdb7df is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.8% lightness, 0.056 chroma and a hue of 292°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.91:1 contrast and black text 11:1, 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: #bdb7df mixed with white

  1. bdb7df
  2. c3bee2
  3. cac5e6
  4. d0cce9
  5. d7d3ec
  6. dddbef
  7. e4e2f3
  8. ebe9f6
  9. f1f0f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bdb7df mixed with black

  1. bdb7df
  2. a49fc2
  3. 8c87a5
  4. 74708a
  5. 5d5a6f
  6. 474556
  7. 33313d
  8. 1f1e27
  9. 0d0c12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bdb7df with less saturation

  1. bdb7df
  2. bdb8dc
  3. bdb8d8
  4. bdb9d5
  5. bdb9d2
  6. bdbace
  7. bdbbcb
  8. bdbbc7
  9. bdbcc4
  10. bdbcc0