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#896ea9 color: Fairy Wren

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Read as HEX

267°
100%

OKLCH

58.7%
0.093
305°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.31:1 · Below AALc -75
Black text4.87:1 · AALc 34

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About #896ea9

#896ea9 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.7% lightness, 0.093 chroma and a hue of 305°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.31:1 contrast and black text 4.87:1, 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: #896ea9 mixed with white

  1. 896ea9
  2. 947cb2
  3. 9f8aba
  4. ab98c3
  5. b7a6cc
  6. c2b5d4
  7. cec3dd
  8. dad2e5
  9. e6e1ee
  10. f3f0f7

Darker: #896ea9 mixed with black

  1. 896ea9
  2. 765f92
  3. 64507c
  4. 534167
  5. 423353
  6. 31263f
  7. 22192c
  8. 140e1b
  9. 07040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #896ea9 with less saturation

  1. 896ea9
  2. 8870a5
  3. 8671a0
  4. 85739c
  5. 847498
  6. 837693
  7. 81778f
  8. 80798a
  9. 7f7a86
  10. 7e7b81