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#85535b color: So Merlot

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350°
100%

OKLCH

50.1%
0.068
9°
  • ≈ Marsala
  • Rose
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Warm
  • mauve-500
  • Black 48%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text6.20:1 · AALc -86
Black text3.39:1 · Below AALc 23

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About #85535b

#85535b is a dusty rose color. In OKLCH it has 50.1% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 9°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast and black text 3.39:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is So Merlot (#84525a). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

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Lighter: #85535b mixed with white

  1. 85535b
  2. 91636a
  3. 9e7379
  4. aa8489
  5. b69599
  6. c2a6a9
  7. ceb7ba
  8. dbc9cb
  9. e7dbdc
  10. f3eded

Darker: #85535b mixed with black

  1. 85535b
  2. 73474e
  3. 613b41
  4. 503035
  5. 402529
  6. 301b1e
  7. 211113
  8. 130809
  9. 060203
  10. 010000

Calmer: #85535b with less saturation

  1. 85535b
  2. 82555c
  3. 7f575d
  4. 7c585e
  5. 795a5e
  6. 755c5f
  7. 725d60
  8. 6e5f61
  9. 6b6062
  10. 676262