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#8a6cb3 color: Knight Elf

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Read as HEX

265°
100%

OKLCH

58.9%
0.110
303°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 30%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.31:1 · Below AALc -75
Black text4.88:1 · AALc 34

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About #8a6cb3

#8a6cb3 is a soft purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.9% lightness, 0.11 chroma and a hue of 303°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.31:1 contrast and black text 4.88:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Knight Elf (#926cac). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #8a6cb3 mixed with white

  1. 8a6cb3
  2. 957abb
  3. a089c3
  4. ab97cb
  5. b7a6d2
  6. c3b4da
  7. cec3e2
  8. dad2e9
  9. e6e1f0
  10. f3f0f8

Darker: #8a6cb3 mixed with black

  1. 8a6cb3
  2. 775d9b
  3. 654e84
  4. 53406e
  5. 423258
  6. 322543
  7. 22192f
  8. 140d1d
  9. 07040c
  10. 010001

Calmer: #8a6cb3 with less saturation

  1. 8a6cb3
  2. 896eae
  3. 8770a9
  4. 8672a3
  5. 85749e
  6. 837599
  7. 827793
  8. 81798e
  9. 7f7a88
  10. 7e7c83