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#b690cc color: Cut Velvet

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Read as HEX

278°
100%

OKLCH

71%
0.095
313°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.68:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.85:1 · AALc 52

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About #b690cc

#b690cc is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71% lightness, 0.095 chroma and a hue of 313°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.68:1 contrast and black text 7.85:1, 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: #b690cc mixed with white

  1. b690cc
  2. bd9bd1
  3. c4a6d7
  4. ccb1dc
  5. d3bce1
  6. dac7e6
  7. e2d2eb
  8. e9ddf0
  9. f0e8f5
  10. f8f4fa

Darker: #b690cc mixed with black

  1. b690cc
  2. 9e7db1
  3. 866a97
  4. 6f577e
  5. 594565
  6. 44344e
  7. 302437
  8. 1d1522
  9. 0c070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b690cc with less saturation

  1. b690cc
  2. b492c8
  3. b294c4
  4. b096c0
  5. ae97bb
  6. ac99b7
  7. aa9bb3
  8. a89dae
  9. a59eaa
  10. a3a0a6