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#896eaa color: Fairy Wren

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267°
100%

OKLCH

58.8%
0.094
304°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #896eaa

#896eaa is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.8% lightness, 0.094 chroma and a hue of 304°.

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: #896eaa mixed with white

  1. 896eaa
  2. 947cb3
  3. 9f8abb
  4. ab98c4
  5. b6a6cc
  6. c2b5d5
  7. cec3dd
  8. dad2e6
  9. e6e1ee
  10. f3f0f7

Darker: #896eaa mixed with black

  1. 896eaa
  2. 765f93
  3. 64507d
  4. 534168
  5. 423353
  6. 31263f
  7. 22192d
  8. 140e1b
  9. 07040b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #896eaa with less saturation

  1. 896eaa
  2. 8870a6
  3. 8671a1
  4. 85739d
  5. 847498
  6. 837694
  7. 81778f
  8. 80798b
  9. 7f7a86
  10. 7e7b81