PurpleLightMuted

Cut Velvet

#B794C7

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.60:1Fails

Black text

7.61:1AAA

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About Cut Velvet

Cut Velvet (#B794C7) is a light muted purple. Its RGB value is 183, 148, 199 and its HSL value is 281°, 31%, 68%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.61:1 (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

#B794C7 · #A4C794

Analogous

#9E94C7 · #B794C7 · #C794BD

Triadic

#B794C7 · #C7B794 · #94C7B7

Split complementary

#B794C7 · #BDC794 · #94C79E

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