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#897cb0 color: Parmentier

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255°
100%

OKLCH

61.8%
0.079
295°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 31%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.77:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.57:1 · AALc 39

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About #897cb0

#897cb0 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.8% lightness, 0.079 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.77:1 contrast and black text 5.57:1, 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: #897cb0 mixed with white

  1. 897cb0
  2. 9489b8
  3. 9f95c0
  4. aba2c8
  5. b6afd0
  6. c2bcd8
  7. cec9e0
  8. dad6e8
  9. e6e4ef
  10. f3f1f7

Darker: #897cb0 mixed with black

  1. 897cb0
  2. 766b99
  3. 645a82
  4. 534a6c
  5. 423b56
  6. 312c42
  7. 221e2e
  8. 14111c
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #897cb0 with less saturation

  1. 897cb0
  2. 897dac
  3. 887ea8
  4. 887fa4
  5. 87809f
  6. 87819b
  7. 878297
  8. 868393
  9. 86848e
  10. 86858a