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#837ea1 color: Second Pour

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249°
100%

OKLCH

61%
0.053
291°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 37%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.84:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.46:1 · AALc 38

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About #837ea1

#837ea1 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61% lightness, 0.053 chroma and a hue of 291°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.84:1 contrast and black text 5.46:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Second Pour (#887ca4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #837ea1 mixed with white

  1. 837ea1
  2. 8f8aaa
  3. 9a97b4
  4. a6a3bd
  5. b3b0c6
  6. bfbdd0
  7. cbcad9
  8. d8d7e2
  9. e5e4ec
  10. f2f1f5

Darker: #837ea1 mixed with black

  1. 837ea1
  2. 716d8b
  3. 605c76
  4. 4f4c62
  5. 3f3c4e
  6. 2f2d3c
  7. 201f2a
  8. 121119
  9. 060509
  10. 010101

Calmer: #837ea1 with less saturation

  1. 837ea1
  2. 837f9e
  3. 837f9b
  4. 838098
  5. 838095
  6. 838192
  7. 83818f
  8. 83828c
  9. 838289
  10. 838386