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#866ca9 color: Fairy Wren

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266°
100%

OKLCH

58%
0.096
303°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #866ca9

#866ca9 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58% lightness, 0.096 chroma and a hue of 303°.

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

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Lighter: #866ca9 mixed with white

  1. 866ca9
  2. 917ab2
  3. 9d88bb
  4. a997c3
  5. b5a5cc
  6. c1b4d4
  7. cdc2dd
  8. d9d1e6
  9. e6e0ee
  10. f2f0f7

Darker: #866ca9 mixed with black

  1. 866ca9
  2. 745d92
  3. 624e7c
  4. 514067
  5. 403253
  6. 30253f
  7. 21192c
  8. 130d1b
  9. 06040a
  10. 010001

Calmer: #866ca9 with less saturation

  1. 866ca9
  2. 856ea5
  3. 846fa0
  4. 82719b
  5. 817297
  6. 807492
  7. 7f758e
  8. 7e7789
  9. 7d7884
  10. 7b797f