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#c2acea color: Purple Sand

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261°
100%

OKLCH

78.5%
0.090
301°
  • ≈ Plum
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.02:1 · Below AALc -44
Black text10.38:1 · AALc 65

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About #c2acea

#c2acea is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 78.5% lightness, 0.09 chroma and a hue of 301°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.02:1 contrast and black text 10.38:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light purple colors

Lighter: #c2acea mixed with white

  1. c2acea
  2. c8b4ec
  3. cebdef
  4. d4c5f1
  5. dacdf3
  6. e0d5f5
  7. e6def7
  8. ece6f9
  9. f2eefb
  10. f9f7fd

Darker: #c2acea mixed with black

  1. c2acea
  2. a895cb
  3. 8f7fae
  4. 776991
  5. 605475
  6. 49405a
  7. 342d41
  8. 201b29
  9. 0e0b13
  10. 020103

Calmer: #c2acea with less saturation

  1. c2acea
  2. c1ade5
  3. c0afe0
  4. bfb0dc
  5. beb2d7
  6. bdb3d2
  7. bcb4cd
  8. bbb5c8
  9. bab6c3
  10. bab8be