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#bdb8dd color: Melrose

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248°
100%

OKLCH

79.9%
0.052
291°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.90:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.06:1 · AALc 68

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About #bdb8dd

#bdb8dd is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.9% lightness, 0.052 chroma and a hue of 291°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.9:1 contrast and black text 11.06:1, 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: #bdb8dd mixed with white

  1. bdb8dd
  2. c3bfe1
  3. cac6e4
  4. d0cde7
  5. d7d4eb
  6. dddbee
  7. e4e2f2
  8. ebe9f5
  9. f1f1f8
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bdb8dd mixed with black

  1. bdb8dd
  2. a4a0c0
  3. 8c88a4
  4. 747188
  5. 5d5b6e
  6. 474555
  7. 33313d
  8. 1f1e26
  9. 0d0c11
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bdb8dd with less saturation

  1. bdb8dd
  2. bdb9da
  3. bdb9d7
  4. bdbad4
  5. bdbad0
  6. bdbbcd
  7. bdbbca
  8. bdbcc7
  9. bdbcc4
  10. bdbdc0