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#b48ec8 color: Cut Velvet

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279°
100%

OKLCH

70.2%
0.093
314°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.75:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.64:1 · AALc 51

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About #b48ec8

#b48ec8 is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.2% lightness, 0.093 chroma and a hue of 314°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.75:1 contrast and black text 7.64:1, 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: #b48ec8 mixed with white

  1. b48ec8
  2. bb99ce
  3. c3a4d3
  4. caafd9
  5. d2bbde
  6. d9c6e4
  7. e1d1e9
  8. e8dcef
  9. f0e8f4
  10. f7f3fa

Darker: #b48ec8 mixed with black

  1. b48ec8
  2. 9c7bae
  3. 856894
  4. 6e567b
  5. 584463
  6. 44344c
  7. 302436
  8. 1d1521
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b48ec8 with less saturation

  1. b48ec8
  2. b290c4
  3. b092c0
  4. ae94bc
  5. ac95b8
  6. aa97b4
  7. a899b0
  8. a59aac
  9. a39ca7
  10. a19da3