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#896fa8 color: Fairy Wren

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267°
100%

OKLCH

58.9%
0.090
305°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.28:1 · Below AALc -75
Black text4.90:1 · AALc 35

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About #896fa8

#896fa8 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.9% lightness, 0.09 chroma and a hue of 305°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.28:1 contrast and black text 4.9:1, 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: #896fa8 mixed with white

  1. 896fa8
  2. 947db1
  3. 9f8bba
  4. ab99c2
  5. b7a7cb
  6. c2b5d4
  7. cec4dc
  8. dad2e5
  9. e6e1ee
  10. f3f0f6

Darker: #896fa8 mixed with black

  1. 896fa8
  2. 766092
  3. 64517c
  4. 534267
  5. 423452
  6. 31273f
  7. 221a2c
  8. 140e1a
  9. 07040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #896fa8 with less saturation

  1. 896fa8
  2. 8871a4
  3. 8672a0
  4. 85749b
  5. 847597
  6. 837793
  7. 82788f
  8. 80798a
  9. 7f7a86
  10. 7e7c81