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#b495c9 color: Cut Velvet

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276°
100%

OKLCH

71.6%
0.081
311°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #b495c9

#b495c9 is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71.6% lightness, 0.081 chroma and a hue of 311°.

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: #b495c9 mixed with white

  1. b495c9
  2. bb9fcf
  3. c3aad4
  4. cab4da
  5. d2bfdf
  6. d9c9e4
  7. e1d4ea
  8. e8dfef
  9. f0e9f4
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b495c9 mixed with black

  1. b495c9
  2. 9c81ae
  3. 856d95
  4. 6e5a7c
  5. 584864
  6. 44374c
  7. 302636
  8. 1d1622
  9. 0c080f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b495c9 with less saturation

  1. b495c9
  2. b297c5
  3. b198c2
  4. af9abe
  5. ad9bba
  6. ac9cb6
  7. aa9eb3
  8. a89faf
  9. a7a1ab
  10. a5a2a7