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#b491cc color: Cut Velvet

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Read as HEX

276°
100%

OKLCH

71%
0.092
311°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.67:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.86:1 · AALc 52

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About #b491cc

#b491cc is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71% lightness, 0.092 chroma and a hue of 311°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.67:1 contrast and black text 7.86:1, 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: #b491cc mixed with white

  1. b491cc
  2. bb9cd1
  3. c3a7d7
  4. cab1dc
  5. d2bce1
  6. d9c7e6
  7. e1d2eb
  8. e8ddf0
  9. f0e9f5
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b491cc mixed with black

  1. b491cc
  2. 9c7db1
  3. 856a97
  4. 6e587e
  5. 584665
  6. 44354e
  7. 302537
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b491cc with less saturation

  1. b491cc
  2. b293c8
  3. b095c4
  4. ae96c0
  5. ad98bb
  6. ab9ab7
  7. a99bb3
  8. a79dae
  9. a59eaa
  10. a3a0a6