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#b291ca color: Cut Velvet

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275°
100%

OKLCH

70.7%
0.089
311°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.69:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.80:1 · AALc 52

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About #b291ca

#b291ca is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.7% lightness, 0.089 chroma and a hue of 311°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.69:1 contrast and black text 7.8:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Cut Velvet (#b391c8). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-400.

More light purple colors

Lighter: #b291ca mixed with white

  1. b291ca
  2. ba9ccf
  3. c1a7d5
  4. c9b1da
  5. d0bce0
  6. d8c7e5
  7. e0d2ea
  8. e8ddf0
  9. efe9f5
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b291ca mixed with black

  1. b291ca
  2. 9a7daf
  3. 836a95
  4. 6d587c
  5. 574664
  6. 43354d
  7. 2f2537
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #b291ca with less saturation

  1. b291ca
  2. b093c6
  3. af94c2
  4. ad96be
  5. ab98ba
  6. a999b6
  7. a89bb1
  8. a69cad
  9. a49ea9
  10. a29fa5