#856ea1 color: Bitter Violet
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Bitter Violet#856ea1
- ≈ Slate
- Purple
- Medium
- Muted
- Neutral
- mauve-500
- Black 37%
Looks the same on every screen.
White text4.43:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.74:1 · AALc 33
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About #856ea1
#856ea1 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58% lightness, 0.081 chroma and a hue of 305°.
Looks the same on every screen.
White text on it reaches 4.43:1 contrast and black text 4.74:1, so white text reads better.
The closest named color is Bitter Violet (#856d9e). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.