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#c8b6ea color: Connecticut Lilac

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261°
100%

OKLCH

80.9%
0.075
301°
  • ≈ Mauve
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.85:1 · Below AALc -39
Black text11.34:1 · AALc 69

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About #c8b6ea

#c8b6ea is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 80.9% lightness, 0.075 chroma and a hue of 301°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.85:1 contrast and black text 11.34:1, so black text reads better.

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

More light purple colors

Lighter: #c8b6ea mixed with white

  1. c8b6ea
  2. cdbdec
  3. d3c4ef
  4. d8ccf1
  5. ded3f3
  6. e3daf5
  7. e9e2f7
  8. eee9f9
  9. f4f0fb
  10. f9f8fd

Darker: #c8b6ea mixed with black

  1. c8b6ea
  2. ae9ecb
  3. 9486ae
  4. 7b6f91
  5. 635975
  6. 4c445a
  7. 363041
  8. 211d29
  9. 0f0c13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #c8b6ea with less saturation

  1. c8b6ea
  2. c7b7e6
  3. c6b8e2
  4. c6b9de
  5. c5bada
  6. c4bbd6
  7. c3bcd1
  8. c3bdcd
  9. c2bec9
  10. c1bfc5