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#b291cf color: Cut Velvet

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272°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.095
308°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.68:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.84:1 · AALc 52

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About #b291cf

#b291cf is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.095 chroma and a hue of 308°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.68:1 contrast and black text 7.84:1, 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: #b291cf mixed with white

  1. b291cf
  2. ba9cd4
  3. c1a7d9
  4. c9b2de
  5. d0bce3
  6. d8c7e8
  7. e0d2ec
  8. e7ddf1
  9. efe9f6
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b291cf mixed with black

  1. b291cf
  2. 9a7db4
  3. 836a99
  4. 6d587f
  5. 574667
  6. 43354f
  7. 2f2538
  8. 1d1523
  9. 0c0710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #b291cf with less saturation

  1. b291cf
  2. b093cb
  3. af95c6
  4. ad96c2
  5. ab98bd
  6. aa9ab8
  7. a89bb4
  8. a69daf
  9. a49eab
  10. a3a0a6