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#784e8a color: Cleopatra’s Gown

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282°
100%

OKLCH

49.5%
0.104
315°
  • ≈ Eggplant
  • Purple
  • Dark
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 46%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text6.45:1 · AALc -87
Black text3.26:1 · Below AALc 22

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About #784e8a

#784e8a is a soft dark purple color. In OKLCH it has 49.5% lightness, 0.104 chroma and a hue of 315°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 6.45:1 contrast and black text 3.26:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Cleopatra’s Gown (#795088). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

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Lighter: #784e8a mixed with white

  1. 784e8a
  2. 855f96
  3. 9270a1
  4. 9f81ad
  5. ac92b8
  6. baa4c4
  7. c7b5d0
  8. d5c8dc
  9. e3dae7
  10. f1ecf3

Darker: #784e8a mixed with black

  1. 784e8a
  2. 674377
  3. 573865
  4. 482d53
  5. 392342
  6. 2a1932
  7. 1d0f22
  8. 100714
  9. 050207
  10. 010001

Calmer: #784e8a with less saturation

  1. 784e8a
  2. 765086
  3. 745382
  4. 72557e
  5. 6f577a
  6. 6d5976
  7. 6b5b72
  8. 695d6e
  9. 665e6a
  10. 646066