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#838bcb color: True Lavender

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233°
100%

OKLCH

65.6%
0.096
278°
  • ≈ Steel blue
  • Indigo
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.22:1 · Below AALc -65
Black text6.52:1 · AALc 45

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About #838bcb

#838bcb is a soft indigo color. In OKLCH it has 65.6% lightness, 0.096 chroma and a hue of 278°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.22:1 contrast and black text 6.52:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is True Lavender (#7e89c8). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More medium indigo colors

Lighter: #838bcb mixed with white

  1. 838bcb
  2. 8f96d1
  3. 9aa2d6
  4. a6addc
  5. b2b9e1
  6. bfc4e6
  7. cbd0eb
  8. d8dcf0
  9. e5e7f5
  10. f2f3fa

Darker: #838bcb mixed with black

  1. 838bcb
  2. 7178b0
  3. 606696
  4. 4f547d
  5. 3f4365
  6. 2f324d
  7. 202337
  8. 121422
  9. 06070f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #838bcb with less saturation

  1. 838bcb
  2. 848cc5
  3. 868dc0
  4. 878dba
  5. 888eb4
  6. 8a8faf
  7. 8b8fa9
  8. 8c90a3
  9. 8e909d
  10. 8f9097