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#bfb6df color: Melrose

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253°
100%

OKLCH

79.7%
0.058
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.91:1 · Below AALc -41
Black text10.97:1 · AALc 67

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About #bfb6df

#bfb6df is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.7% lightness, 0.058 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.91:1 contrast and black text 10.97:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Melrose (#c3b9dd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bfb6df mixed with white

  1. bfb6df
  2. c5bde2
  3. cbc4e6
  4. d2cce9
  5. d8d3ec
  6. dedaef
  7. e5e1f3
  8. ebe9f6
  9. f2f0f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bfb6df mixed with black

  1. bfb6df
  2. a69ec2
  3. 8d86a5
  4. 756f8a
  5. 5e596f
  6. 484456
  7. 33303d
  8. 1f1d27
  9. 0d0c12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bfb6df with less saturation

  1. bfb6df
  2. bfb7dc
  3. beb7d8
  4. beb8d5
  5. beb9d1
  6. bebace
  7. bdbacb
  8. bdbbc7
  9. bdbbc4
  10. bdbcc0