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#8a55a2 color: Highlighter Lavender

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281°
100%

OKLCH

54%
0.129
315°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 36%

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White text5.38:1 · AALc -82
Black text3.90:1 · Below AALc 27

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About #8a55a2

#8a55a2 is a soft purple color. In OKLCH it has 54% lightness, 0.129 chroma and a hue of 315°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 5.38:1 contrast and black text 3.9:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Highlighter Lavender (#85569c). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

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Lighter: #8a55a2 mixed with white

  1. 8a55a2
  2. 9566ac
  3. a176b5
  4. ac87bf
  5. b898c8
  6. c4a8d1
  7. cfb9db
  8. dbcbe4
  9. e7dced
  10. f3edf6

Darker: #8a55a2 mixed with black

  1. 8a55a2
  2. 77498c
  3. 653d77
  4. 533163
  5. 42264f
  6. 321c3c
  7. 22112a
  8. 140819
  9. 07020a
  10. 010001

Calmer: #8a55a2 with less saturation

  1. 8a55a2
  2. 87589d
  3. 855b98
  4. 825e93
  5. 7f618e
  6. 7d6489
  7. 7a6684
  8. 77687f
  9. 746a79
  10. 726d74