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#bfb7de color: Melrose

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252°
100%

OKLCH

79.9%
0.055
295°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.90:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.04:1 · AALc 68

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About #bfb7de

#bfb7de is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 79.9% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.9:1 contrast and black text 11.04:1, 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: #bfb7de mixed with white

  1. bfb7de
  2. c5bee1
  3. cbc5e5
  4. d2cce8
  5. d8d3eb
  6. dedbef
  7. e5e2f2
  8. ebe9f5
  9. f2f0f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bfb7de mixed with black

  1. bfb7de
  2. a69fc1
  3. 8d87a5
  4. 757089
  5. 5e5a6f
  6. 484555
  7. 33313d
  8. 1f1e26
  9. 0d0c12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bfb7de with less saturation

  1. bfb7de
  2. bfb8db
  3. bfb8d8
  4. beb9d4
  5. bebad1
  6. bebace
  7. bebbcb
  8. bebbc7
  9. bdbcc4
  10. bdbdc1