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#cd8de2 color: Blush Essence

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285°
100%

OKLCH

73.7%
0.137
318°
  • ≈ Plum
  • Magenta
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • purple-400
  • Black 11%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.47:1 · Below AALc -53
Black text8.50:1 · AALc 56

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About #cd8de2

#cd8de2 is a soft light magenta color. In OKLCH it has 73.7% lightness, 0.137 chroma and a hue of 318°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.47:1 contrast and black text 8.5:1, 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: #cd8de2 mixed with white

  1. cd8de2
  2. d299e5
  3. d7a4e9
  4. ddb0ec
  5. e2bbef
  6. e7c6f2
  7. ecd2f5
  8. f1ddf7
  9. f5e8fa
  10. faf4fd

Darker: #cd8de2 mixed with black

  1. cd8de2
  2. b27ac4
  3. 9867a8
  4. 7e558c
  5. 664471
  6. 4e3357
  7. 38233e
  8. 231427
  9. 0f0712
  10. 020103

Calmer: #cd8de2 with less saturation

  1. cd8de2
  2. ca90dd
  3. c694d7
  4. c397d2
  5. bf9acc
  6. bc9dc7
  7. b8a0c1
  8. b5a2bb
  9. b1a5b5
  10. ada7b0