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#8a6baa color: Fairy Wren

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270°
100%

OKLCH

58.3%
0.100
306°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 33%

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White text4.41:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.76:1 · AALc 34

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About #8a6baa

#8a6baa is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.3% lightness, 0.1 chroma and a hue of 306°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.41:1 contrast and black text 4.76:1, 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: #8a6baa mixed with white

  1. 8a6baa
  2. 9579b3
  3. a088bb
  4. ac96c4
  5. b7a5cc
  6. c3b3d5
  7. cfc2dd
  8. dbd1e6
  9. e7e0ee
  10. f3f0f7

Darker: #8a6baa mixed with black

  1. 8a6baa
  2. 775c93
  3. 654e7d
  4. 533f68
  5. 423253
  6. 32253f
  7. 22182d
  8. 140d1b
  9. 07040b
  10. 010001

Calmer: #8a6baa with less saturation

  1. 8a6baa
  2. 886da5
  3. 876fa1
  4. 85719c
  5. 847298
  6. 827493
  7. 81758e
  8. 7f778a
  9. 7e7885
  10. 7d7a80