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#887ca8 color: Parmentier

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256°
100%

OKLCH

61.3%
0.067
297°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.82:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.50:1 · AALc 38

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About #887ca8

#887ca8 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.3% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.82:1 contrast and black text 5.5:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Parmentier (#887cab). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #887ca8 mixed with white

  1. 887ca8
  2. 9388b1
  3. 9f95b9
  4. aaa2c2
  5. b6afcb
  6. c2bcd3
  7. cec9dc
  8. dad6e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f2f1f6

Darker: #887ca8 mixed with black

  1. 887ca8
  2. 756b92
  3. 635a7c
  4. 524a67
  5. 413b52
  6. 312c3f
  7. 221e2c
  8. 13111a
  9. 06050a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #887ca8 with less saturation

  1. 887ca8
  2. 887da5
  3. 877ea1
  4. 877f9d
  5. 86809a
  6. 868096
  7. 858193
  8. 85828f
  9. 85838b
  10. 848388