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#856e95 color: Baroness Mauve

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275°
100%

OKLCH

57.4%
0.064
311°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 42%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.50:1 · AALc -77
Black text4.66:1 · AALc 33

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About #856e95

#856e95 is a dusty purple color. In OKLCH it has 57.4% lightness, 0.064 chroma and a hue of 311°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.5:1 contrast and black text 4.66:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Baroness Mauve (#847098). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

More medium purple colors

Lighter: #856e95 mixed with white

  1. 856e95
  2. 917c9f
  3. 9c8aaa
  4. a898b4
  5. b4a6bf
  6. c0b4c9
  7. cdc3d4
  8. d9d2df
  9. e6e1e9
  10. f2f0f4

Darker: #856e95 mixed with black

  1. 856e95
  2. 735f81
  3. 61506d
  4. 50415a
  5. 403348
  6. 302637
  7. 211926
  8. 130e16
  9. 060408
  10. 010101

Calmer: #856e95 with less saturation

  1. 856e95
  2. 846f92
  3. 83708f
  4. 81718d
  5. 80738a
  6. 7f7487
  7. 7e7584
  8. 7c7681
  9. 7b777e
  10. 7a787b