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#838bd2 color: True Lavender

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234°
100%

OKLCH

65.9%
0.106
278°
  • ≈ Steel blue
  • Indigo
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • indigo-400
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.19:1 · Below AALc -64
Black text6.59:1 · AALc 45

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About #838bd2

#838bd2 is a soft indigo color. In OKLCH it has 65.9% lightness, 0.106 chroma and a hue of 278°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.19:1 contrast and black text 6.59:1, so black text reads better.

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

More medium indigo colors

Lighter: #838bd2 mixed with white

  1. 838bd2
  2. 8e96d7
  3. 9aa2dc
  4. a6ade1
  5. b2b9e5
  6. bfc4ea
  7. cbd0ee
  8. d8dcf3
  9. e5e7f7
  10. f2f3fb

Darker: #838bd2 mixed with black

  1. 838bd2
  2. 7178b6
  3. 60669b
  4. 4f5481
  5. 3f4368
  6. 2f3250
  7. 202339
  8. 121424
  9. 060710
  10. 010102

Calmer: #838bd2 with less saturation

  1. 838bd2
  2. 848ccc
  3. 868dc6
  4. 878ebf
  5. 888fb9
  6. 8a8fb3
  7. 8b90ac
  8. 8d90a6
  9. 8f919f
  10. 909199