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#856f99 color: Baroness Mauve

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271°
100%

OKLCH

57.8%
0.068
308°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 40%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.44:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.73:1 · AALc 33

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About #856f99

#856f99 is a dusty purple color. In OKLCH it has 57.8% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 308°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.44:1 contrast and black text 4.73:1, 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: #856f99 mixed with white

  1. 856f99
  2. 917da3
  3. 9c8aad
  4. a898b7
  5. b4a6c1
  6. c0b5cb
  7. cdc3d6
  8. d9d2e0
  9. e6e1ea
  10. f2f0f5

Darker: #856f99 mixed with black

  1. 856f99
  2. 736084
  3. 615170
  4. 50425d
  5. 40344a
  6. 302738
  7. 211a27
  8. 130e17
  9. 060408
  10. 010101

Calmer: #856f99 with less saturation

  1. 856f99
  2. 847096
  3. 837193
  4. 827290
  5. 80748d
  6. 7f758a
  7. 7e7686
  8. 7d7783
  9. 7c7880
  10. 7b797d