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#cd8bd8 color: Blush Essence

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291°
100%

OKLCH

72.9%
0.130
322°
  • ≈ Plum
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 15%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.54:1 · Below AALc -55
Black text8.28:1 · AALc 54

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About #cd8bd8

#cd8bd8 is a soft light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 72.9% lightness, 0.13 chroma and a hue of 322°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.54:1 contrast and black text 8.28:1, 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: #cd8bd8 mixed with white

  1. cd8bd8
  2. d297dc
  3. d8a2e0
  4. ddaee4
  5. e2bae8
  6. e7c5ec
  7. ecd1f0
  8. f1dcf4
  9. f6e8f8
  10. faf3fb

Darker: #cd8bd8 mixed with black

  1. cd8bd8
  2. b278bc
  3. 9866a0
  4. 7e5485
  5. 66436b
  6. 4e3253
  7. 38233b
  8. 231425
  9. 0f0711
  10. 020102

Calmer: #cd8bd8 with less saturation

  1. cd8bd8
  2. ca8ed3
  3. c692cf
  4. c295ca
  5. bf98c5
  6. bb9ac0
  7. b79dbb
  8. b3a0b6
  9. afa2b1
  10. aba5ac