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#897ea9 color: Parmentier

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255°
100%

OKLCH

61.9%
0.065
296°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.74:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.62:1 · AALc 39

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About #897ea9

#897ea9 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.9% lightness, 0.065 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.74:1 contrast and black text 5.62:1, so white text reads better.

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

More medium violet colors

Lighter: #897ea9 mixed with white

  1. 897ea9
  2. 948ab2
  3. 9f97ba
  4. aba3c3
  5. b6b0cb
  6. c2bdd4
  7. cecadc
  8. dad7e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f3f2f6

Darker: #897ea9 mixed with black

  1. 897ea9
  2. 766d92
  3. 645c7c
  4. 534c67
  5. 423c53
  6. 312d3f
  7. 221f2c
  8. 14111b
  9. 07050a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #897ea9 with less saturation

  1. 897ea9
  2. 897fa6
  3. 8880a2
  4. 88819f
  5. 88819b
  6. 878298
  7. 878394
  8. 868491
  9. 86848d
  10. 868589