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#856ea9 color: Fairy Wren

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263°
100%

OKLCH

58.3%
0.092
302°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.37:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.80:1 · AALc 34

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About #856ea9

#856ea9 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.3% lightness, 0.092 chroma and a hue of 302°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.37:1 contrast and black text 4.8:1, 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: #856ea9 mixed with white

  1. 856ea9
  2. 907cb2
  3. 9c8aba
  4. a898c3
  5. b4a6cc
  6. c0b5d4
  7. ccc3dd
  8. d9d2e6
  9. e5e1ee
  10. f2f0f7

Darker: #856ea9 mixed with black

  1. 856ea9
  2. 735f92
  3. 61507c
  4. 504167
  5. 403353
  6. 30263f
  7. 21192c
  8. 130e1b
  9. 06040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #856ea9 with less saturation

  1. 856ea9
  2. 8470a5
  3. 8371a0
  4. 82739c
  5. 817497
  6. 807593
  7. 7f778e
  8. 7e7889
  9. 7d7985
  10. 7c7a80