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#b794cd color: Cut Velvet

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Read as HEX

277°
100%

OKLCH

71.8%
0.090
312°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #b794cd

#b794cd is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71.8% lightness, 0.09 chroma and a hue of 312°.

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: #b794cd mixed with white

  1. b794cd
  2. be9ed2
  3. c5a9d7
  4. ccb4dc
  5. d3bee1
  6. dbc9e7
  7. e2d4eb
  8. e9def0
  9. f0e9f5
  10. f8f4fa

Darker: #b794cd mixed with black

  1. b794cd
  2. 9f80b2
  3. 876d98
  4. 705a7e
  5. 5a4866
  6. 45364e
  7. 312638
  8. 1e1623
  9. 0c080f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b794cd with less saturation

  1. b794cd
  2. b596c9
  3. b398c5
  4. b199c1
  5. af9bbd
  6. ae9cb9
  7. ac9eb5
  8. aaa0b1
  9. a8a1ac
  10. a6a2a8