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#bfaad2 color: Purple Gladiola

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272°
100%

OKLCH

76.9%
0.061
309°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.12:1 · Below AALc -46
Black text9.90:1 · AALc 62

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About #bfaad2

#bfaad2 is a dusty light purple color. In OKLCH it has 76.9% lightness, 0.061 chroma and a hue of 309°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.12:1 contrast and black text 9.9:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Purple Gladiola (#c1abd4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #bfaad2 mixed with white

  1. bfaad2
  2. c5b2d7
  3. ccbbdb
  4. d2c3e0
  5. d8cbe4
  6. dfd4e9
  7. e5dced
  8. ebe5f2
  9. f2eef6
  10. f8f6fb

Darker: #bfaad2 mixed with black

  1. bfaad2
  2. a693b6
  3. 8d7d9b
  4. 756881
  5. 5e5368
  6. 483f50
  7. 332d39
  8. 1f1b24
  9. 0d0b10
  10. 020102

Calmer: #bfaad2 with less saturation

  1. bfaad2
  2. beabcf
  3. bdaccc
  4. bcadc9
  5. bbaec6
  6. b9afc3
  7. b8b0c0
  8. b7b1bd
  9. b6b2ba
  10. b5b3b7