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#bfb9de color: Melrose

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250°
100%

OKLCH

80.3%
0.052
293°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.87:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.21:1 · AALc 68

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About #bfb9de

#bfb9de is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.3% lightness, 0.052 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.87:1 contrast and black text 11.21:1, 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: #bfb9de mixed with white

  1. bfb9de
  2. c5c0e1
  3. cbc7e5
  4. d2cee8
  5. d8d5eb
  6. dedcef
  7. e5e3f2
  8. ebeaf5
  9. f2f1f9
  10. f8f8fc

Darker: #bfb9de mixed with black

  1. bfb9de
  2. a6a0c1
  3. 8d89a5
  4. 757189
  5. 5e5b6f
  6. 484655
  7. 33313d
  8. 1f1e26
  9. 0d0d12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #bfb9de with less saturation

  1. bfb9de
  2. bfbadb
  3. bfbad8
  4. bfbbd5
  5. bfbbd2
  6. bfbcce
  7. bfbccb
  8. bebdc8
  9. bebdc5
  10. bebec2