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#856ea8 color: Fairy Wren

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264°
100%

OKLCH

58.3%
0.090
302°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.38:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.79:1 · AALc 34

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About #856ea8

#856ea8 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.3% lightness, 0.09 chroma and a hue of 302°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.38:1 contrast and black text 4.79:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Fairy Wren (#8a6fa9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

More medium purple colors

Lighter: #856ea8 mixed with white

  1. 856ea8
  2. 907cb1
  3. 9c8aba
  4. a898c2
  5. b4a6cb
  6. c0b5d4
  7. ccc3dd
  8. d9d2e5
  9. e5e1ee
  10. f2f0f6

Darker: #856ea8 mixed with black

  1. 856ea8
  2. 735f92
  3. 61507c
  4. 504167
  5. 403352
  6. 30263f
  7. 21192c
  8. 130e1a
  9. 06040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #856ea8 with less saturation

  1. 856ea8
  2. 8470a4
  3. 83719f
  4. 82729b
  5. 817496
  6. 807592
  7. 7f768e
  8. 7e7889
  9. 7d7984
  10. 7c7a80