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#cb8be0 color: Blush Essence

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285°
100%

OKLCH

73.1%
0.137
318°
  • ≈ Orchid
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 12%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.53:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.31:1 · AALc 55

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About #cb8be0

#cb8be0 is a soft light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 73.1% lightness, 0.137 chroma and a hue of 318°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.53:1 contrast and black text 8.31:1, 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: #cb8be0 mixed with white

  1. cb8be0
  2. d097e4
  3. d6a3e7
  4. dbaeea
  5. e0baee
  6. e6c5f1
  7. ebd1f4
  8. f0dcf7
  9. f5e8fa
  10. faf3fc

Darker: #cb8be0 mixed with black

  1. cb8be0
  2. b078c3
  3. 9666a6
  4. 7d548a
  5. 654370
  6. 4d3256
  7. 37233e
  8. 221427
  9. 0f0712
  10. 020102

Calmer: #cb8be0 with less saturation

  1. cb8be0
  2. c88edb
  3. c492d5
  4. c195d0
  5. bd98ca
  6. ba9bc5
  7. b69ebf
  8. b3a0b9
  9. afa3b3
  10. aba5ae