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#bdbae9 color: Pretty Posie

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244°
100%

OKLCH

80.7%
0.066
288°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.85:1 · Below AALc -39
Black text11.36:1 · AALc 69

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About #bdbae9

#bdbae9 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.7% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 288°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.85:1 contrast and black text 11.36:1, 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: #bdbae9 mixed with white

  1. bdbae9
  2. c3c1eb
  3. cac8ee
  4. d0cff0
  5. d7d5f2
  6. dddcf5
  7. e4e3f7
  8. ebeaf9
  9. f1f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bdbae9 mixed with black

  1. bdbae9
  2. a4a1cb
  3. 8c89ad
  4. 747290
  5. 5d5c74
  6. 47465a
  7. 333241
  8. 1f1e29
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bdbae9 with less saturation

  1. bdbae9
  2. bdbbe5
  3. bdbbe1
  4. bebcdd
  5. bebdd9
  6. bebdd5
  7. bfbed1
  8. bfbecc
  9. bfbfc8
  10. bfbfc4