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#856b8a color: Beauty

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290°
100%

OKLCH

56.4%
0.056
321°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Magenta
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 46%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.70:1 · AALc -78
Black text4.47:1 · Below AALc 31

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About #856b8a

#856b8a is a dusty magenta color. In OKLCH it has 56.4% lightness, 0.056 chroma and a hue of 321°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast and black text 4.47:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Beauty (#866b8d). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

More medium magenta colors

Lighter: #856b8a mixed with white

  1. 856b8a
  2. 917995
  3. 9c87a1
  4. a895ac
  5. b4a4b8
  6. c1b2c3
  7. cdc1cf
  8. d9d1db
  9. e6e0e7
  10. f2eff3

Darker: #856b8a mixed with black

  1. 856b8a
  2. 735c77
  3. 614e65
  4. 503f53
  5. 403242
  6. 302532
  7. 211822
  8. 130d14
  9. 060407
  10. 010001

Calmer: #856b8a with less saturation

  1. 856b8a
  2. 846c88
  3. 826d86
  4. 816e84
  5. 7f6f82
  6. 7d7080
  7. 7c717e
  8. 7a737c
  9. 79737a
  10. 777478