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#c0aeee color: Purple Sand

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257°
100%

OKLCH

78.8%
0.091
297°
  • ≈ Plum
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Vivid
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 7%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.99:1 · Below AALc -43
Black text10.53:1 · AALc 65

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About #c0aeee

#c0aeee is a bright light violet color. In OKLCH it has 78.8% lightness, 0.091 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.99:1 contrast and black text 10.53:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Purple Sand (#c2b2f0). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #c0aeee mixed with white

  1. c0aeee
  2. c6b6f0
  3. ccbef2
  4. d2c6f4
  5. d9cef6
  6. dfd6f7
  7. e5def9
  8. ece7fb
  9. f2effc
  10. f8f7fe

Darker: #c0aeee mixed with black

  1. c0aeee
  2. a797cf
  3. 8e80b1
  4. 766a93
  5. 5f5577
  6. 49415c
  7. 342e42
  8. 201c2a
  9. 0e0b14
  10. 020103

Calmer: #c0aeee with less saturation

  1. c0aeee
  2. bfafe9
  3. bfb1e4
  4. beb2df
  5. bdb3da
  6. bdb4d4
  7. bcb6cf
  8. bcb7ca
  9. bbb8c5
  10. bab9bf