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#8a6aaa color: Fairy Wren

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270°
100%

OKLCH

58.1%
0.102
306°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.45:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.72:1 · AALc 33

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About #8a6aaa

#8a6aaa is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.1% lightness, 0.102 chroma and a hue of 306°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.45:1 contrast and black text 4.72:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Fairy Wren (#8a6fa9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

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Lighter: #8a6aaa mixed with white

  1. 8a6aaa
  2. 9578b3
  3. a087bb
  4. ac95c4
  5. b7a4cd
  6. c3b3d5
  7. cfc2dd
  8. dbd1e6
  9. e7e0ee
  10. f3eff7

Darker: #8a6aaa mixed with black

  1. 8a6aaa
  2. 775b93
  3. 654d7d
  4. 533f68
  5. 423153
  6. 32243f
  7. 22182d
  8. 140d1b
  9. 07040b
  10. 010001

Calmer: #8a6aaa with less saturation

  1. 8a6aaa
  2. 886ca5
  3. 876ea1
  4. 85709c
  5. 847198
  6. 827393
  7. 81758e
  8. 7f7689
  9. 7e7884
  10. 7c797f