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#c8bcea color: Connecticut Lilac

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256°
100%

OKLCH

82%
0.065
297°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • violet-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.77:1 · Below AALc -37
Black text11.84:1 · AALc 71

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About #c8bcea

#c8bcea is a pastel light violet color. In OKLCH it has 82% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.77:1 contrast and black text 11.84:1, 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: #c8bcea mixed with white

  1. c8bcea
  2. cdc3ec
  3. d3c9ef
  4. d8d0f1
  5. ded7f3
  6. e3ddf5
  7. e9e4f7
  8. eeebf9
  9. f4f1fb
  10. f9f8fd

Darker: #c8bcea mixed with black

  1. c8bcea
  2. aea3cb
  3. 948bae
  4. 7b7391
  5. 635d75
  6. 4c475a
  7. 363241
  8. 211f29
  9. 0f0d13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #c8bcea with less saturation

  1. c8bcea
  2. c8bde6
  3. c7bee3
  4. c7bfdf
  5. c6bfdb
  6. c6c0d7
  7. c5c1d3
  8. c5c2d0
  9. c5c3cc
  10. c4c3c8