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#cec2e8 color: York Plum

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259°
100%

OKLCH

83.6%
0.054
300°
  • ≈ Periwinkle
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • indigo-200
  • Black 9%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.68:1 · Below AALc -33
Black text12.51:1 · AALc 74

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About #cec2e8

#cec2e8 is a pastel light violet color. In OKLCH it has 83.6% lightness, 0.054 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.68:1 contrast and black text 12.51:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is York Plum (#d3bfe5). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is indigo-200.

More light violet colors

Lighter: #cec2e8 mixed with white

  1. cec2e8
  2. d3c8ea
  3. d8ceed
  4. dcd4ef
  5. e1daf1
  6. e6e0f4
  7. ebe6f6
  8. f0edf8
  9. f5f3fb
  10. faf9fd

Darker: #cec2e8 mixed with black

  1. cec2e8
  2. b3a8ca
  3. 988fac
  4. 7f7790
  5. 666074
  6. 4e4959
  7. 383440
  8. 232029
  9. 0f0e13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #cec2e8 with less saturation

  1. cec2e8
  2. cdc3e5
  3. cdc4e2
  4. ccc4df
  5. ccc5dc
  6. cbc6d9
  7. cbc6d6
  8. cac7d3
  9. cac8cf
  10. cac8cc