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#b291cb color: Cut Velvet

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274°
100%

OKLCH

70.7%
0.090
310°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.69:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.81:1 · AALc 52

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About #b291cb

#b291cb is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.7% lightness, 0.09 chroma and a hue of 310°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.69:1 contrast and black text 7.81:1, 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: #b291cb mixed with white

  1. b291cb
  2. ba9cd0
  3. c1a7d6
  4. c9b1db
  5. d0bce0
  6. d8c7e6
  7. e0d2eb
  8. e7ddf0
  9. efe9f5
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b291cb mixed with black

  1. b291cb
  2. 9a7db0
  3. 836a96
  4. 6d587d
  5. 574665
  6. 43354d
  7. 2f2537
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #b291cb with less saturation

  1. b291cb
  2. b093c7
  3. af94c3
  4. ad96bf
  5. ab98ba
  6. a999b6
  7. a89bb2
  8. a69cae
  9. a49ea9
  10. a29fa5