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#8a6dae color: Fairy Wren

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267°
100%

OKLCH

58.9%
0.102
304°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 32%

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White text4.30:1 · Below AALc -75
Black text4.88:1 · AALc 34

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About #8a6dae

#8a6dae is a soft purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.9% lightness, 0.102 chroma and a hue of 304°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.3:1 contrast and black text 4.88:1, 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: #8a6dae mixed with white

  1. 8a6dae
  2. 957bb6
  3. a089bf
  4. ac98c7
  5. b7a6cf
  6. c3b4d7
  7. cfc3df
  8. dad2e7
  9. e7e1ef
  10. f3f0f7

Darker: #8a6dae mixed with black

  1. 8a6dae
  2. 775e97
  3. 654f80
  4. 53416a
  5. 423355
  6. 322641
  7. 22192e
  8. 140d1c
  9. 07040b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a6dae with less saturation

  1. 8a6dae
  2. 896fa9
  3. 8771a4
  4. 8672a0
  5. 85749b
  6. 837696
  7. 827791
  8. 81798c
  9. 7f7a87
  10. 7e7b82