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#897eae color: Parmentier

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254°
100%

OKLCH

62.1%
0.072
295°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 32%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.71:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.66:1 · AALc 39

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About #897eae

#897eae is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 62.1% lightness, 0.072 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.71:1 contrast and black text 5.66:1, 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: #897eae mixed with white

  1. 897eae
  2. 948ab6
  3. 9f97be
  4. aba3c6
  5. b6b0cf
  6. c2bdd7
  7. cecadf
  8. dad7e7
  9. e6e4ef
  10. f3f2f7

Darker: #897eae mixed with black

  1. 897eae
  2. 766d97
  3. 645c80
  4. 534c6a
  5. 423c55
  6. 312d41
  7. 221f2e
  8. 14111c
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #897eae with less saturation

  1. 897eae
  2. 897faa
  3. 8880a6
  4. 8881a2
  5. 88829e
  6. 87839b
  7. 878397
  8. 878493
  9. 87858e
  10. 86868a