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#bdb9df color: Melrose

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246°
100%

OKLCH

80.1%
0.053
290°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.88:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.17:1 · AALc 68

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About #bdb9df

#bdb9df is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.1% lightness, 0.053 chroma and a hue of 290°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.88:1 contrast and black text 11.17:1, 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: #bdb9df mixed with white

  1. bdb9df
  2. c3c0e2
  3. cac7e6
  4. d0cee9
  5. d7d5ec
  6. dddcef
  7. e4e3f2
  8. ebeaf6
  9. f1f1f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bdb9df mixed with black

  1. bdb9df
  2. a4a0c2
  3. 8c89a5
  4. 74718a
  5. 5d5b6f
  6. 474656
  7. 33313d
  8. 1f1e27
  9. 0d0d12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bdb9df with less saturation

  1. bdb9df
  2. bdbadc
  3. bdbad9
  4. bdbbd5
  5. bdbbd2
  6. bdbccf
  7. bdbccb
  8. bebdc8
  9. bebdc5
  10. bebec1