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#897eaa color: Parmentier

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255°
100%

OKLCH

61.9%
0.067
296°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.73:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.63:1 · AALc 39

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About #897eaa

#897eaa is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.9% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.73:1 contrast and black text 5.63:1, 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: #897eaa mixed with white

  1. 897eaa
  2. 948ab2
  3. 9f97bb
  4. aba3c3
  5. b6b0cc
  6. c2bdd4
  7. cecadd
  8. dad7e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f3f2f6

Darker: #897eaa mixed with black

  1. 897eaa
  2. 766d93
  3. 645c7d
  4. 534c68
  5. 423c53
  6. 312d3f
  7. 221f2d
  8. 14111b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #897eaa with less saturation

  1. 897eaa
  2. 897fa6
  3. 8880a3
  4. 88819f
  5. 88819c
  6. 878298
  7. 878395
  8. 878491
  9. 86848d
  10. 868589