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#cb8bd9 color: Blush Essence

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289°
100%

OKLCH

72.8%
0.129
320°
  • ≈ Plum
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.55:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.23:1 · AALc 54

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About #cb8bd9

#cb8bd9 is a soft light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 72.8% lightness, 0.129 chroma and a hue of 320°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.55:1 contrast and black text 8.23:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Blush Essence (#cc88dd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is purple-400.

More light magenta colors

Lighter: #cb8bd9 mixed with white

  1. cb8bd9
  2. d197dd
  3. d6a2e1
  4. dbaee5
  5. e1b9e9
  6. e6c5ed
  7. ebd1f1
  8. f0dcf4
  9. f5e8f8
  10. faf3fc

Darker: #cb8bd9 mixed with black

  1. cb8bd9
  2. b078bc
  3. 9666a1
  4. 7d5486
  5. 65436c
  6. 4d3253
  7. 37233b
  8. 221425
  9. 0f0711
  10. 020102

Calmer: #cb8bd9 with less saturation

  1. cb8bd9
  2. c88ed4
  3. c491cf
  4. c194ca
  5. bd97c5
  6. ba9ac0
  7. b69dbb
  8. b29fb6
  9. afa2b1
  10. aba4ac