#8597cd color: Purple Gentian
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Purple Gentian#8597cd
- ≈ Dark gray
- Blue
- Medium
- Soft
- Cool
- slate-400
- Black 20%
Looks the same on every screen.
White text2.87:1 · Below AALc -60
Black text7.31:1 · AALc 49
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About #8597cd
#8597cd is a soft blue color. In OKLCH it has 68.3% lightness, 0.083 chroma and a hue of 270°.
Looks the same on every screen.
White text on it reaches 2.87:1 contrast and black text 7.31:1, so black text reads better.
The closest named color is Purple Gentian (#8397d0). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.