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#8a6ca7 color: Fairy Wren

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271°
100%

OKLCH

58.3%
0.094
307°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 35%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.39:1 · Below AALc -76
Black text4.78:1 · AALc 34

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About #8a6ca7

#8a6ca7 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.3% lightness, 0.094 chroma and a hue of 307°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.39:1 contrast and black text 4.78:1, 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: #8a6ca7 mixed with white

  1. 8a6ca7
  2. 957ab0
  3. a088b9
  4. ac97c2
  5. b7a5ca
  6. c3b4d3
  7. cfc2dc
  8. dbd1e5
  9. e7e0ee
  10. f3f0f6

Darker: #8a6ca7 mixed with black

  1. 8a6ca7
  2. 775d91
  3. 654e7b
  4. 534066
  5. 423252
  6. 32253e
  7. 22192c
  8. 140d1a
  9. 07040a
  10. 010001

Calmer: #8a6ca7 with less saturation

  1. 8a6ca7
  2. 896ea3
  3. 87709f
  4. 86719a
  5. 847396
  6. 837492
  7. 81768d
  8. 807789
  9. 7e7984
  10. 7d7a80