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#bfa8bd color: Fair Orchid

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305°
100%

OKLCH

75.8%
0.039
329°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 25%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.20:1 · Below AALc -48
Black text9.55:1 · AALc 61

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About #bfa8bd

#bfa8bd is a dusty light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 75.8% lightness, 0.039 chroma and a hue of 329°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.2:1 contrast and black text 9.55:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Fair Orchid (#bda7be). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More light magenta colors

Lighter: #bfa8bd mixed with white

  1. bfa8bd
  2. c5b0c3
  3. ccb9ca
  4. d2c1d0
  5. d8cad7
  6. dfd3de
  7. e5dce4
  8. ece4eb
  9. f2edf2
  10. f9f6f8

Darker: #bfa8bd mixed with black

  1. bfa8bd
  2. a692a4
  3. 8d7c8c
  4. 756774
  5. 5e525d
  6. 483f47
  7. 332c33
  8. 1f1a1f
  9. 0d0a0d
  10. 020102

Calmer: #bfa8bd with less saturation

  1. bfa8bd
  2. bea9bc
  3. bcaaba
  4. bbabb9
  5. b9abb8
  6. b8acb7
  7. b6adb5
  8. b5aeb4
  9. b3afb3
  10. b2afb2