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#bdb8cd color: Wild Lilac

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254°
100%

OKLCH

79.3%
0.030
297°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Cool
  • mauve-300
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.93:1 · Below AALc -41
Black text10.90:1 · AALc 67

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About #bdb8cd

#bdb8cd is a muted light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.3% lightness, 0.03 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.93:1 contrast and black text 10.9:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Wild Lilac (#beb8cd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bdb8cd mixed with white

  1. bdb8cd
  2. c3bfd2
  3. cac6d7
  4. d0cddc
  5. d7d4e1
  6. dedbe6
  7. e4e2eb
  8. ebe9f0
  9. f1f0f5
  10. f8f8fa

Darker: #bdb8cd mixed with black

  1. bdb8cd
  2. a4a0b2
  3. 8c8898
  4. 74717e
  5. 5d5b66
  6. 47454e
  7. 333138
  8. 1f1e23
  9. 0d0c0f
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bdb8cd with less saturation

  1. bdb8cd
  2. bdb8cb
  3. bdb9ca
  4. bcb9c8
  5. bcb9c6
  6. bcbac4
  7. bcbac2
  8. bcbac1
  9. bcbbbf
  10. bcbbbd