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#bfbde8 color: Pretty Posie

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243°
100%

OKLCH

81.4%
0.060
287°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.80:1 · Below AALc -37
Black text11.66:1 · AALc 70

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About #bfbde8

#bfbde8 is a pastel light violet color. In OKLCH it has 81.4% lightness, 0.06 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.8:1 contrast and black text 11.66:1, 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: #bfbde8 mixed with white

  1. bfbde8
  2. c5c4ea
  3. cbcaed
  4. d2d1ef
  5. d8d7f2
  6. dedef4
  7. e5e4f6
  8. ebebf8
  9. f2f2fb
  10. f8f8fd

Darker: #bfbde8 mixed with black

  1. bfbde8
  2. a6a4ca
  3. 8d8cac
  4. 757490
  5. 5e5d74
  6. 484759
  7. 333340
  8. 1f1f29
  9. 0d0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #bfbde8 with less saturation

  1. bfbde8
  2. bfbee4
  3. c0bee1
  4. c0bfdd
  5. c0bfd9
  6. c0c0d5
  7. c1c0d2
  8. c1c1ce
  9. c1c1ca
  10. c2c2c6