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#8a6ba8 color: Fairy Wren

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270°
100%

OKLCH

58.2%
0.097
307°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.42:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.75:1 · AALc 33

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About #8a6ba8

#8a6ba8 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.2% lightness, 0.097 chroma and a hue of 307°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.42:1 contrast and black text 4.75:1, 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: #8a6ba8 mixed with white

  1. 8a6ba8
  2. 9579b1
  3. a088ba
  4. ac96c2
  5. b7a5cb
  6. c3b3d4
  7. cfc2dd
  8. dbd1e5
  9. e7e0ee
  10. f3f0f6

Darker: #8a6ba8 mixed with black

  1. 8a6ba8
  2. 775c92
  3. 654e7c
  4. 533f67
  5. 423252
  6. 32253f
  7. 22182c
  8. 140d1a
  9. 07040a
  10. 010001

Calmer: #8a6ba8 with less saturation

  1. 8a6ba8
  2. 886da4
  3. 876f9f
  4. 85709b
  5. 847296
  6. 827492
  7. 81758d
  8. 7f7789
  9. 7e7884
  10. 7c7980