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#bfbce8 color: Pretty Posie

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244°
100%

OKLCH

81.2%
0.062
288°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.81:1 · Below AALc -38
Black text11.57:1 · AALc 70

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About #bfbce8

#bfbce8 is a pastel light violet color. In OKLCH it has 81.2% lightness, 0.062 chroma and a hue of 288°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.81:1 contrast and black text 11.57:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Pretty Posie (#bcbde4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #bfbce8 mixed with white

  1. bfbce8
  2. c5c3ea
  3. cbc9ed
  4. d2d0ef
  5. d8d7f2
  6. deddf4
  7. e5e4f6
  8. ebebf9
  9. f2f1fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bfbce8 mixed with black

  1. bfbce8
  2. a6a3ca
  3. 8d8bac
  4. 757390
  5. 5e5d74
  6. 484759
  7. 333240
  8. 1f1f29
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bfbce8 with less saturation

  1. bfbce8
  2. bfbde4
  3. bfbde0
  4. c0bedd
  5. c0bed9
  6. c0bfd5
  7. c0bfd1
  8. c1c0cd
  9. c1c0c9
  10. c1c1c5