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#b990ca color: Cut Velvet

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282°
100%

OKLCH

71.2%
0.094
316°
  • ≈ Lilac
  • Purple
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.66:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.91:1 · AALc 52

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About #b990ca

#b990ca is a soft light purple color. In OKLCH it has 71.2% lightness, 0.094 chroma and a hue of 316°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.66:1 contrast and black text 7.91:1, 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: #b990ca mixed with white

  1. b990ca
  2. c09bcf
  3. c7a6d5
  4. ceb1da
  5. d5bce0
  6. dcc7e5
  7. e3d2ea
  8. eaddef
  9. f1e8f5
  10. f8f4fa

Darker: #b990ca mixed with black

  1. b990ca
  2. a07daf
  3. 896a95
  4. 71577c
  5. 5b4564
  6. 46344d
  7. 312437
  8. 1e1522
  9. 0d070f
  10. 020102

Calmer: #b990ca with less saturation

  1. b990ca
  2. b792c6
  3. b594c2
  4. b296be
  5. b098ba
  6. ae9ab6
  7. ab9bb2
  8. a99dae
  9. a79faa
  10. a4a0a6