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#c3b8ea color: Connecticut Lilac

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253°
100%

OKLCH

80.8%
0.071
295°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.85:1 · Below AALc -39
Black text11.36:1 · AALc 69

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About #c3b8ea

#c3b8ea is a soft light violet color. In OKLCH it has 80.8% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.85:1 contrast and black text 11.36:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Connecticut Lilac (#ccbbee). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #c3b8ea mixed with white

  1. c3b8ea
  2. c9bfec
  3. cfc6ef
  4. d5cdf1
  5. dad4f3
  6. e0dbf5
  7. e6e2f7
  8. edeaf9
  9. f3f1fb
  10. f9f8fd

Darker: #c3b8ea mixed with black

  1. c3b8ea
  2. a9a0cb
  3. 9088ae
  4. 787191
  5. 605b75
  6. 4a455a
  7. 343141
  8. 201e29
  9. 0e0c13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #c3b8ea with less saturation

  1. c3b8ea
  2. c3b9e6
  3. c2bae2
  4. c2bbde
  5. c2bcda
  6. c1bcd5
  7. c1bdd1
  8. c1becd
  9. c1bfc9
  10. c0bfc5