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#896aa9 color: Fairy Wren

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270°
100%

OKLCH

58%
0.100
306°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.47:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.70:1 · AALc 33

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About #896aa9

#896aa9 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58% lightness, 0.1 chroma and a hue of 306°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.47:1 contrast and black text 4.7:1, 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: #896aa9 mixed with white

  1. 896aa9
  2. 9478b2
  3. 9f87bb
  4. ab95c3
  5. b7a4cc
  6. c2b3d4
  7. cec2dd
  8. dad1e6
  9. e6e0ee
  10. f3eff7

Darker: #896aa9 mixed with black

  1. 896aa9
  2. 765b92
  3. 644d7c
  4. 533f67
  5. 423153
  6. 31243f
  7. 22182c
  8. 140d1b
  9. 07040a
  10. 010001

Calmer: #896aa9 with less saturation

  1. 896aa9
  2. 876ca4
  3. 866ea0
  4. 84709b
  5. 837197
  6. 817392
  7. 80748d
  8. 7f7689
  9. 7d7784
  10. 7c797f