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#c2bae7 color: Pretty Posie

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251°
100%

OKLCH

81%
0.063
293°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.83:1 · Below AALc -38
Black text11.47:1 · AALc 70

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About #c2bae7

#c2bae7 is a pastel light violet color. In OKLCH it has 81% lightness, 0.063 chroma and a hue of 293°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.83:1 contrast and black text 11.47:1, 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: #c2bae7 mixed with white

  1. c2bae7
  2. c8c1ea
  3. cec8ec
  4. d4cfef
  5. dad5f1
  6. e0dcf3
  7. e6e3f6
  8. eceaf8
  9. f2f1fb
  10. f9f8fd

Darker: #c2bae7 mixed with black

  1. c2bae7
  2. a8a1c9
  3. 8f89ab
  4. 77728f
  5. 605c73
  6. 494659
  7. 343240
  8. 201e28
  9. 0e0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #c2bae7 with less saturation

  1. c2bae7
  2. c2bbe3
  3. c2bce0
  4. c2bcdc
  5. c1bdd8
  6. c1bed4
  7. c1bed0
  8. c1bfcd
  9. c1c0c9
  10. c1c0c5