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#cd8dd5 color: Blush Essence

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293°
100%

OKLCH

73.1%
0.123
323°
  • ≈ Plum
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 16%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.51:1 · Below AALc -54
Black text8.37:1 · AALc 55

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About #cd8dd5

#cd8dd5 is a soft light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 73.1% lightness, 0.123 chroma and a hue of 323°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.51:1 contrast and black text 8.37:1, 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: #cd8dd5 mixed with white

  1. cd8dd5
  2. d298d9
  3. d8a4de
  4. ddafe2
  5. e2bbe7
  6. e7c6eb
  7. ecd1ef
  8. f1ddf3
  9. f6e8f7
  10. faf4fb

Darker: #cd8dd5 mixed with black

  1. cd8dd5
  2. b27ab9
  3. 98679e
  4. 7e5583
  5. 66446a
  6. 4e3351
  7. 38233a
  8. 231424
  9. 0f0710
  10. 020102

Calmer: #cd8dd5 with less saturation

  1. cd8dd5
  2. ca90d1
  3. c693cc
  4. c396c8
  5. bf99c3
  6. bb9cbf
  7. b89eba
  8. b4a1b6
  9. b0a3b1
  10. aca6ad