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#b794ca color: Cut Velvet

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279°
100%

OKLCH

71.7%
0.086
313°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.59:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.10:1 · AALc 53

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About #b794ca

#b794ca is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71.7% lightness, 0.086 chroma and a hue of 313°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.59:1 contrast and black text 8.1:1, 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: #b794ca mixed with white

  1. b794ca
  2. be9ecf
  3. c5a9d5
  4. ccb4da
  5. d4bee0
  6. dbc9e5
  7. e2d4ea
  8. e9deef
  9. f0e9f5
  10. f8f4fa

Darker: #b794ca mixed with black

  1. b794ca
  2. 9f80af
  3. 876d95
  4. 705a7c
  5. 5a4864
  6. 45364d
  7. 312637
  8. 1e1622
  9. 0c080f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b794ca with less saturation

  1. b794ca
  2. b596c6
  3. b397c3
  4. b199bf
  5. af9bbb
  6. ad9cb7
  7. ab9eb3
  8. aa9faf
  9. a8a1ab
  10. a6a2a8