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#bfb8db color: Melrose

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252°
100%

OKLCH

80%
0.049
294°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.89:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.09:1 · AALc 68

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About #bfb8db

#bfb8db is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80% lightness, 0.049 chroma and a hue of 294°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.89:1 contrast and black text 11.09:1, 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: #bfb8db mixed with white

  1. bfb8db
  2. c5bfdf
  3. cbc6e2
  4. d2cde6
  5. d8d4ea
  6. dedbed
  7. e5e2f1
  8. ebe9f4
  9. f2f1f8
  10. f8f8fb

Darker: #bfb8db mixed with black

  1. bfb8db
  2. a6a0be
  3. 8d88a2
  4. 757187
  5. 5e5b6d
  6. 484554
  7. 33313c
  8. 1f1e26
  9. 0d0c11
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bfb8db with less saturation

  1. bfb8db
  2. bfb9d8
  3. bfb9d5
  4. bebad2
  5. bebacf
  6. bebbcc
  7. bebbc9
  8. bebcc6
  9. bebcc3
  10. bebdc0