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#b68ec9 color: Cut Velvet

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281°
100%

OKLCH

70.5%
0.095
315°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.73:1 · Below AALc -58
Black text7.70:1 · AALc 51

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About #b68ec9

#b68ec9 is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.5% lightness, 0.095 chroma and a hue of 315°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.73:1 contrast and black text 7.7:1, 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: #b68ec9 mixed with white

  1. b68ec9
  2. bd99cf
  3. c4a4d4
  4. ccafda
  5. d3bbdf
  6. dac6e5
  7. e2d1ea
  8. e9dcef
  9. f0e8f5
  10. f8f3fa

Darker: #b68ec9 mixed with black

  1. b68ec9
  2. 9e7bae
  3. 866895
  4. 6f567c
  5. 594464
  6. 44344c
  7. 302436
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b68ec9 with less saturation

  1. b68ec9
  2. b490c5
  3. b292c1
  4. b094bd
  5. ad96b9
  6. ab97b5
  7. a999b1
  8. a79bac
  9. a49da8
  10. a29ea4