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#b495ce color: Cut Velvet

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273°
100%

OKLCH

71.8%
0.088
309°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 19%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.58:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.13:1 · AALc 54

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About #b495ce

#b495ce is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71.8% lightness, 0.088 chroma and a hue of 309°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.58:1 contrast and black text 8.13:1, 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: #b495ce mixed with white

  1. b495ce
  2. bb9fd3
  3. c3aad8
  4. cab4dd
  5. d2bfe2
  6. d9c9e7
  7. e1d4ec
  8. e8dff1
  9. f0e9f6
  10. f7f4fa

Darker: #b495ce mixed with black

  1. b495ce
  2. 9c81b3
  3. 856d98
  4. 6e5a7f
  5. 584866
  6. 44374e
  7. 302638
  8. 1d1623
  9. 0c080f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b495ce with less saturation

  1. b495ce
  2. b297ca
  3. b198c6
  4. af9ac2
  5. ae9bbd
  6. ac9db9
  7. aa9eb5
  8. a9a0b1
  9. a7a1ac
  10. a5a2a8