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#896ea8 color: Fairy Wren

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268°
100%

OKLCH

58.7%
0.092
305°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.32:1 · Below AALc -75
Black text4.86:1 · AALc 34

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About #896ea8

#896ea8 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.7% lightness, 0.092 chroma and a hue of 305°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.32:1 contrast and black text 4.86:1, 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: #896ea8 mixed with white

  1. 896ea8
  2. 947cb1
  3. 9f8aba
  4. ab98c2
  5. b7a6cb
  6. c2b5d4
  7. cec3dc
  8. dad2e5
  9. e6e1ee
  10. f3f0f6

Darker: #896ea8 mixed with black

  1. 896ea8
  2. 765f92
  3. 64507c
  4. 534167
  5. 423352
  6. 31263f
  7. 22192c
  8. 140e1a
  9. 07040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #896ea8 with less saturation

  1. 896ea8
  2. 8870a4
  3. 8671a0
  4. 85739b
  5. 847497
  6. 837693
  7. 81778e
  8. 80788a
  9. 7f7a85
  10. 7d7b81