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#bec3ea color: Canterbury Bells

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233°
100%

OKLCH

82.6%
0.055
279°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Indigo
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • indigo-200
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.72:1 · Below AALc -35
Black text12.18:1 · AALc 73

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About #bec3ea

#bec3ea is a pastel light indigo color. In OKLCH it has 82.6% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 279°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.72:1 contrast and black text 12.18:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Canterbury Bells (#b9c3e6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-200.

More light indigo colors

Lighter: #bec3ea mixed with white

  1. bec3ea
  2. c4c9ec
  3. cbcfee
  4. d1d5f1
  5. d7dbf3
  6. dee1f5
  7. e4e7f7
  8. ebedf9
  9. f2f3fb
  10. f8f9fd

Darker: #bec3ea mixed with black

  1. bec3ea
  2. a5a9cb
  3. 8c90ae
  4. 757891
  5. 5e6075
  6. 484a5a
  7. 333441
  8. 1f2029
  9. 0d0e13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bec3ea with less saturation

  1. bec3ea
  2. bfc3e6
  3. c0c4e3
  4. c0c4df
  5. c1c4dc
  6. c2c5d8
  7. c3c5d5
  8. c3c5d1
  9. c4c5cd
  10. c5c6ca