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#b490cc color: Cut Velvet

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276°
100%

OKLCH

70.8%
0.094
311°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #b490cc

#b490cc is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.8% lightness, 0.094 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: #b490cc mixed with white

  1. b490cc
  2. bb9bd1
  3. c3a6d7
  4. cab1dc
  5. d2bce1
  6. d9c7e6
  7. e1d2eb
  8. e8ddf0
  9. f0e8f5
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b490cc mixed with black

  1. b490cc
  2. 9c7db1
  3. 856a97
  4. 6e577e
  5. 584565
  6. 44344e
  7. 302437
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b490cc with less saturation

  1. b490cc
  2. b292c8
  3. b094c4
  4. ae96bf
  5. ac97bb
  6. aa99b7
  7. a99bb2
  8. a79cae
  9. a59eaa
  10. a39fa5