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#886ea8 color: Fairy Wren

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Read as HEX

267°
100%

OKLCH

58.6%
0.091
304°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.34:1 · Below AALc -75
Black text4.84:1 · AALc 34

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About #886ea8

#886ea8 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.6% lightness, 0.091 chroma and a hue of 304°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.34:1 contrast and black text 4.84:1, 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: #886ea8 mixed with white

  1. 886ea8
  2. 937cb1
  3. 9f8aba
  4. aa98c2
  5. b6a6cb
  6. c2b5d4
  7. cec3dc
  8. dad2e5
  9. e6e1ee
  10. f2f0f6

Darker: #886ea8 mixed with black

  1. 886ea8
  2. 755f92
  3. 63507c
  4. 524167
  5. 413352
  6. 31263f
  7. 22192c
  8. 130e1a
  9. 06040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #886ea8 with less saturation

  1. 886ea8
  2. 8770a4
  3. 86719f
  4. 84739b
  5. 837497
  6. 827692
  7. 81778e
  8. 7f788a
  9. 7e7985
  10. 7d7b80