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#c8b5df color: Melrose

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267°
100%

OKLCH

80.3%
0.062
306°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.89:1 · Below AALc -40
Black text11.13:1 · AALc 68

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About #c8b5df

#c8b5df is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 80.3% lightness, 0.062 chroma and a hue of 306°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.89:1 contrast and black text 11.13:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Melrose (#c3b9dd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is violet-300.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #c8b5df mixed with white

  1. c8b5df
  2. cdbce2
  3. d3c4e6
  4. d8cbe9
  5. ded2ec
  6. e3daef
  7. e9e1f3
  8. eee9f6
  9. f4f0f9
  10. f9f7fc

Darker: #c8b5df mixed with black

  1. c8b5df
  2. ae9dc2
  3. 9486a5
  4. 7b6f8a
  5. 63596f
  6. 4c4456
  7. 36303d
  8. 211d27
  9. 0f0c12
  10. 020202

Calmer: #c8b5df with less saturation

  1. c8b5df
  2. c7b6dc
  3. c6b7d9
  4. c5b8d5
  5. c4b9d2
  6. c3bacf
  7. c2bbcc
  8. c1bcc8
  9. c0bdc5
  10. bfbec2