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#887daa color: Parmentier

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255°
100%

OKLCH

61.6%
0.068
296°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.78:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.56:1 · AALc 39

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About #887daa

#887daa is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.6% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.78:1 contrast and black text 5.56:1, so white text reads better.

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

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #887daa mixed with white

  1. 887daa
  2. 9389b3
  3. 9f96bb
  4. aaa3c3
  5. b6afcc
  6. c2bcd4
  7. cec9dd
  8. dad7e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f2f1f6

Darker: #887daa mixed with black

  1. 887daa
  2. 756c93
  3. 635b7d
  4. 524b68
  5. 413b53
  6. 312c3f
  7. 221e2d
  8. 13111b
  9. 06050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #887daa with less saturation

  1. 887daa
  2. 887ea6
  3. 877fa3
  4. 87809f
  5. 87809b
  6. 868198
  7. 868294
  8. 868390
  9. 85838d
  10. 858489