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#887eaa color: Parmentier

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254°
100%

OKLCH

61.8%
0.066
295°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.74:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.61:1 · AALc 39

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About #887eaa

#887eaa is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.8% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.74:1 contrast and black text 5.61:1, 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: #887eaa mixed with white

  1. 887eaa
  2. 938ab2
  3. 9f97bb
  4. aaa3c3
  5. b6b0cc
  6. c2bdd4
  7. cecadd
  8. dad7e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f2f2f6

Darker: #887eaa mixed with black

  1. 887eaa
  2. 756d93
  3. 635c7d
  4. 524c68
  5. 413c53
  6. 312d3f
  7. 221f2d
  8. 13111b
  9. 06050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #887eaa with less saturation

  1. 887eaa
  2. 887fa6
  3. 8780a3
  4. 87819f
  5. 87819c
  6. 878298
  7. 868394
  8. 868391
  9. 86848d
  10. 868589