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#c8b8dc color: Melrose

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267°
100%

OKLCH

80.7%
0.053
305°
  • ≈ Silver
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • violet-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.85:1 · Below AALc -39
Black text11.35:1 · AALc 69

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About #c8b8dc

#c8b8dc is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 80.7% lightness, 0.053 chroma and a hue of 305°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.85:1 contrast and black text 11.35:1, 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: #c8b8dc mixed with white

  1. c8b8dc
  2. cdbfe0
  3. d3c6e3
  4. d8cde7
  5. ded4ea
  6. e3dbee
  7. e9e2f1
  8. eee9f5
  9. f4f1f8
  10. f9f8fc

Darker: #c8b8dc mixed with black

  1. c8b8dc
  2. aea0bf
  3. 9488a3
  4. 7b7188
  5. 635b6e
  6. 4c4554
  7. 36313c
  8. 211e26
  9. 0f0c11
  10. 020202

Calmer: #c8b8dc with less saturation

  1. c8b8dc
  2. c7b9d9
  3. c6bad6
  4. c6bad4
  5. c5bbd1
  6. c4bcce
  7. c3bdcb
  8. c2bec8
  9. c2bec6
  10. c1bfc3