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#856e99 color: Baroness Mauve

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272°
100%

OKLCH

57.6%
0.070
309°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 40%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.48:1 · Below AALc -77
Black text4.69:1 · AALc 33

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About #856e99

#856e99 is a dusty purple color. In OKLCH it has 57.6% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 309°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.48:1 contrast and black text 4.69:1, 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: #856e99 mixed with white

  1. 856e99
  2. 917ca3
  3. 9c8aad
  4. a898b7
  5. b4a6c1
  6. c0b4cb
  7. cdc3d6
  8. d9d2e0
  9. e6e1ea
  10. f2f0f5

Darker: #856e99 mixed with black

  1. 856e99
  2. 735f84
  3. 615070
  4. 50415d
  5. 40334a
  6. 302638
  7. 211927
  8. 130e17
  9. 060408
  10. 010101

Calmer: #856e99 with less saturation

  1. 856e99
  2. 846f96
  3. 837093
  4. 817290
  5. 80738c
  6. 7f7489
  7. 7e7586
  8. 7d7683
  9. 7b7780
  10. 7a787c