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#cd85d9 color: Blush Essence

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291°
100%

OKLCH

72%
0.141
322°
  • ≈ Orchid
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.64:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text7.95:1 · AALc 53

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About #cd85d9

#cd85d9 is a soft light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 72% lightness, 0.141 chroma and a hue of 322°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.64:1 contrast and black text 7.95:1, 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: #cd85d9 mixed with white

  1. cd85d9
  2. d291dd
  3. d89ee1
  4. ddaae5
  5. e2b6e9
  6. e7c2ed
  7. eccef1
  8. f1dbf5
  9. f6e7f8
  10. faf3fc

Darker: #cd85d9 mixed with black

  1. cd85d9
  2. b273bc
  3. 9861a1
  4. 7e5086
  5. 66406c
  6. 4e3053
  7. 38213b
  8. 231325
  9. 0f0611
  10. 020102

Calmer: #cd85d9 with less saturation

  1. cd85d9
  2. c989d4
  3. c58ccf
  4. c290ca
  5. be93c5
  6. ba96bf
  7. b699ba
  8. b19cb5
  9. ad9faf
  10. a9a2aa