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#897ca8 color: Parmentier

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258°
100%

OKLCH

61.4%
0.067
298°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.81:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.51:1 · AALc 38

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About #897ca8

#897ca8 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.4% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.81:1 contrast and black text 5.51:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Parmentier (#887cab). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #897ca8 mixed with white

  1. 897ca8
  2. 9488b1
  3. 9f95b9
  4. aba2c2
  5. b6afcb
  6. c2bcd3
  7. cec9dc
  8. dad6e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f3f1f6

Darker: #897ca8 mixed with black

  1. 897ca8
  2. 766b92
  3. 645a7c
  4. 534a67
  5. 423b52
  6. 312c3f
  7. 221e2c
  8. 14111a
  9. 07050a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #897ca8 with less saturation

  1. 897ca8
  2. 887da5
  3. 887ea1
  4. 877f9e
  5. 87809a
  6. 868096
  7. 868193
  8. 86828f
  9. 85838c
  10. 858488