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#b494cf color: Cut Velvet

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273°
100%

OKLCH

71.6%
0.091
309°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.60:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.08:1 · AALc 53

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About #b494cf

#b494cf is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71.6% lightness, 0.091 chroma and a hue of 309°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.6:1 contrast and black text 8.08:1, 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: #b494cf mixed with white

  1. b494cf
  2. bb9ed4
  3. c3a9d9
  4. cab4de
  5. d2bee3
  6. d9c9e8
  7. e1d4ec
  8. e8def1
  9. f0e9f6
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b494cf mixed with black

  1. b494cf
  2. 9c80b4
  3. 856d99
  4. 6e5a7f
  5. 584867
  6. 44364f
  7. 302638
  8. 1d1623
  9. 0c0810
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b494cf with less saturation

  1. b494cf
  2. b296cb
  3. b197c7
  4. af99c2
  5. ad9bbe
  6. ac9cba
  7. aa9eb5
  8. a89fb1
  9. a7a1ac
  10. a5a2a8