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#bdb9e2 color: Pretty Posie

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246°
100%

OKLCH

80.3%
0.058
290°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.87:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.20:1 · AALc 68

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About #bdb9e2

#bdb9e2 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.3% lightness, 0.058 chroma and a hue of 290°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.87:1 contrast and black text 11.2:1, 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: #bdb9e2 mixed with white

  1. bdb9e2
  2. c3c0e5
  3. cac7e8
  4. d0ceeb
  5. d7d5ee
  6. dddcf1
  7. e4e3f4
  8. ebeaf7
  9. f1f1f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bdb9e2 mixed with black

  1. bdb9e2
  2. a4a0c4
  3. 8c89a8
  4. 74718c
  5. 5d5b71
  6. 474657
  7. 33313e
  8. 1f1e27
  9. 0d0d12
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bdb9e2 with less saturation

  1. bdb9e2
  2. bdbadf
  3. bdbadb
  4. bdbbd8
  5. bdbbd4
  6. bebcd0
  7. bebccd
  8. bebdc9
  9. bebdc6
  10. bebec2