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#dab8eb color: Pretty Petunia

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280°
100%

OKLCH

82.8%
0.079
314°
  • ≈ Mauve
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Neutral
  • purple-300
  • Black 8%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.74:1 · Below AALc -36
Black text12.04:1 · AALc 72

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About #dab8eb

#dab8eb is a pastel light purple color. In OKLCH it has 82.8% lightness, 0.079 chroma and a hue of 314°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.74:1 contrast and black text 12.04:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Pretty Petunia (#d6b7e2). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is purple-300.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #dab8eb mixed with white

  1. dab8eb
  2. debfed
  3. e1c6ef
  4. e5cdf1
  5. e9d4f3
  6. eddbf5
  7. f0e2f7
  8. f4eaf9
  9. f8f1fb
  10. fbf8fd

Darker: #dab8eb mixed with black

  1. dab8eb
  2. bda0cc
  3. a288ae
  4. 877191
  5. 6c5b75
  6. 54455b
  7. 3c3141
  8. 251e29
  9. 110c13
  10. 020203

Calmer: #dab8eb with less saturation

  1. dab8eb
  2. d8bae7
  3. d6bbe4
  4. d4bde0
  5. d2bedd
  6. d0c0d9
  7. cfc1d5
  8. cdc3d2
  9. cbc4ce
  10. c9c5ca