PurpleLightMuted

Cut Velvet

#B395C8

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.61:1Fails

Black text

7.59:1AAA

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About Cut Velvet

Cut Velvet (#B395C8) is a light muted purple. Its RGB value is 179, 149, 200 and its HSL value is 275°, 32%, 68%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Cut Velvet, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

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Complementary

#B395C8 · #AAC895

Analogous

#9A95C8 · #B395C8 · #C895C3

Triadic

#B395C8 · #C8B395 · #95C8B3

Split complementary

#B395C8 · #C4C895 · #95C89A

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