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#bdb8eb color: Pretty Posie

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246°
100%

OKLCH

80.4%
0.072
289°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.87:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.22:1 · AALc 68

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About #bdb8eb

#bdb8eb is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.4% lightness, 0.072 chroma and a hue of 289°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.87:1 contrast and black text 11.22:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Pretty Posie (#bcbde4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bdb8eb mixed with white

  1. bdb8eb
  2. c3bfed
  3. cac6ef
  4. d0cdf2
  5. d7d4f4
  6. dddbf6
  7. e4e2f8
  8. ebeafa
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bdb8eb mixed with black

  1. bdb8eb
  2. a4a0cc
  3. 8c88ae
  4. 747191
  5. 5d5b75
  6. 47455b
  7. 333141
  8. 1f1e29
  9. 0d0c13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bdb8eb with less saturation

  1. bdb8eb
  2. bdb9e7
  3. bdbae2
  4. bdbade
  5. bebbda
  6. bebcd5
  7. bebcd1
  8. bebdcc
  9. bebec8
  10. bfbec3