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#896ca7 color: Fairy Wren

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269°
100%

OKLCH

58.2%
0.094
306°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 35%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.41:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.77:1 · AALc 34

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About #896ca7

#896ca7 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.2% lightness, 0.094 chroma and a hue of 306°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.41:1 contrast and black text 4.77:1, 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: #896ca7 mixed with white

  1. 896ca7
  2. 947ab0
  3. 9f88b9
  4. ab97c2
  5. b7a5cb
  6. c2b4d3
  7. cec2dc
  8. dad1e5
  9. e6e0ee
  10. f3f0f6

Darker: #896ca7 mixed with black

  1. 896ca7
  2. 765d91
  3. 644e7b
  4. 534066
  5. 423252
  6. 31253e
  7. 22192c
  8. 140d1a
  9. 07040a
  10. 010001

Calmer: #896ca7 with less saturation

  1. 896ca7
  2. 886ea3
  3. 866f9e
  4. 85719a
  5. 837396
  6. 827491
  7. 81768d
  8. 7f7789
  9. 7e7884
  10. 7c7a80