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#b490ce color: Cut Velvet

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275°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.097
310°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.69:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.82:1 · AALc 52

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About #b490ce

#b490ce is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.097 chroma and a hue of 310°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.69:1 contrast and black text 7.82:1, 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: #b490ce mixed with white

  1. b490ce
  2. bb9bd3
  3. c3a6d8
  4. cab1dd
  5. d2bce2
  6. d9c7e7
  7. e1d2ec
  8. e8ddf1
  9. f0e8f6
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b490ce mixed with black

  1. b490ce
  2. 9c7db3
  3. 856a98
  4. 6e577f
  5. 584566
  6. 44344e
  7. 302438
  8. 1d1523
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b490ce with less saturation

  1. b490ce
  2. b292ca
  3. b094c5
  4. ae96c1
  5. ac97bc
  6. ab99b8
  7. a99bb3
  8. a79caf
  9. a59eaa
  10. a39fa6