PurpleLightMuted

Cut Velvet

#B48BC9

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.81:1Fails

Black text

7.05:1AAA

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About Cut Velvet

Cut Velvet (#B48BC9) is a light muted purple. Its RGB value is 180, 139, 201 and its HSL value is 280°, 36%, 67%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.05:1 (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

#B48BC9 · #A0C98B

Analogous

#958BC9 · #B48BC9 · #C98BBF

Triadic

#B48BC9 · #C9B48B · #8BC9B4

Split complementary

#B48BC9 · #BFC98B · #8BC995

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