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#b690cb color: Cut Velvet

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279°
100%

OKLCH

70.9%
0.094
313°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.68:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.84:1 · AALc 52

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About #b690cb

#b690cb is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 70.9% lightness, 0.094 chroma and a hue of 313°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.68:1 contrast and black text 7.84:1, 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: #b690cb mixed with white

  1. b690cb
  2. bd9bd0
  3. c4a6d6
  4. ccb1db
  5. d3bce0
  6. dac7e6
  7. e2d2eb
  8. e9ddf0
  9. f0e8f5
  10. f8f4fa

Darker: #b690cb mixed with black

  1. b690cb
  2. 9e7db0
  3. 866a96
  4. 6f577d
  5. 594565
  6. 44344d
  7. 302437
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b690cb with less saturation

  1. b690cb
  2. b492c7
  3. b294c3
  4. b096bf
  5. ae97bb
  6. ac99b6
  7. aa9bb2
  8. a89cae
  9. a59eaa
  10. a3a0a5