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#8979a2 color: Second Pour

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263°
100%

OKLCH

60.6%
0.064
302°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 36%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.95:1 · Below AALc -72
Black text5.32:1 · AALc 37

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About #8979a2

#8979a2 is a dusty purple color. In OKLCH it has 60.6% lightness, 0.064 chroma and a hue of 302°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.95:1 contrast and black text 5.32:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Second Pour (#887ca4). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #8979a2 mixed with white

  1. 8979a2
  2. 9486ab
  3. 9f93b4
  4. aba0be
  5. b6adc7
  6. c2bad0
  7. cec8d9
  8. dad5e3
  9. e6e3ec
  10. f3f1f6

Darker: #8979a2 mixed with black

  1. 8979a2
  2. 76688c
  3. 645877
  4. 534863
  5. 42394f
  6. 312b3c
  7. 221d2a
  8. 141019
  9. 07050a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8979a2 with less saturation

  1. 8979a2
  2. 887a9f
  3. 877b9c
  4. 877c99
  5. 867d95
  6. 857e92
  7. 857f8f
  8. 847f8c
  9. 838088
  10. 828185