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#816caa color: Plum Preserve

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260°
100%

OKLCH

57.6%
0.096
299°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.51:1 · AALc -77
Black text4.66:1 · AALc 33

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About #816caa

#816caa is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 57.6% lightness, 0.096 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.51:1 contrast and black text 4.66:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Plum Preserve (#7c70aa). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #816caa mixed with white

  1. 816caa
  2. 8d7ab3
  3. 9988bb
  4. a597c4
  5. b1a5cd
  6. beb4d5
  7. cac2de
  8. d7d1e6
  9. e4e0ee
  10. f2f0f7

Darker: #816caa mixed with black

  1. 816caa
  2. 6f5d93
  3. 5e4e7d
  4. 4e4068
  5. 3e3253
  6. 2e253f
  7. 1f192d
  8. 120d1b
  9. 06040b
  10. 010001

Calmer: #816caa with less saturation

  1. 816caa
  2. 806ea5
  3. 7f6fa1
  4. 7e719c
  5. 7e7297
  6. 7d7392
  7. 7c758d
  8. 7b7688
  9. 7a7783
  10. 7a787e