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#c8bee5 color: Violet Gems

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255°
100%

OKLCH

82.2%
0.055
297°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • indigo-200
  • Black 10%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.76:1 · Below AALc -36
Black text11.95:1 · AALc 72

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About #c8bee5

#c8bee5 is a pastel light violet color. In OKLCH it has 82.2% lightness, 0.055 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.76:1 contrast and black text 11.95:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Violet Gems (#c4c0e9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-200.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #c8bee5 mixed with white

  1. c8bee5
  2. cdc4e8
  3. d3cbea
  4. d8d1ed
  5. ded8f0
  6. e3def2
  7. e9e5f5
  8. eeebf7
  9. f4f2fa
  10. f9f8fd

Darker: #c8bee5 mixed with black

  1. c8bee5
  2. aea5c7
  3. 948caa
  4. 7b758e
  5. 635e72
  6. 4c4858
  7. 36333f
  8. 211f28
  9. 0f0d12
  10. 020203

Calmer: #c8bee5 with less saturation

  1. c8bee5
  2. c8bfe2
  3. c7bfdf
  4. c7c0db
  5. c7c1d8
  6. c6c1d5
  7. c6c2d2
  8. c6c3cf
  9. c5c3cb
  10. c5c4c8