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#bdbce5 color: Pretty Posie

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241°
100%

OKLCH

81%
0.057
286°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 10%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.83:1 · Below AALc -38
Black text11.49:1 · AALc 70

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About #bdbce5

#bdbce5 is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 81% lightness, 0.057 chroma and a hue of 286°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.83:1 contrast and black text 11.49:1, 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: #bdbce5 mixed with white

  1. bdbce5
  2. c3c3e8
  3. cac9ea
  4. d0d0ed
  5. d7d7f0
  6. ddddf2
  7. e4e4f5
  8. ebebf8
  9. f1f1fa
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bdbce5 mixed with black

  1. bdbce5
  2. a4a3c7
  3. 8c8baa
  4. 74738e
  5. 5d5d72
  6. 474758
  7. 33323f
  8. 1f1f28
  9. 0d0d12
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bdbce5 with less saturation

  1. bdbce5
  2. bdbde1
  3. bebdde
  4. bebeda
  5. bebed7
  6. bfbed3
  7. bfbfcf
  8. bfbfcc
  9. c0c0c8
  10. c0c0c4