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#8a6ea8 color: Fairy Wren

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269°
100%

OKLCH

58.8%
0.092
306°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • mauve-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #8a6ea8

#8a6ea8 is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 58.8% lightness, 0.092 chroma and a hue of 306°.

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 Fairy Wren (#8a6fa9). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mauve-500.

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Lighter: #8a6ea8 mixed with white

  1. 8a6ea8
  2. 957cb1
  3. a08aba
  4. ac98c2
  5. b7a6cb
  6. c3b5d4
  7. cfc3dc
  8. dbd2e5
  9. e7e1ee
  10. f3f0f6

Darker: #8a6ea8 mixed with black

  1. 8a6ea8
  2. 775f92
  3. 65507c
  4. 534167
  5. 423352
  6. 32263f
  7. 22192c
  8. 140e1a
  9. 07040a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a6ea8 with less saturation

  1. 8a6ea8
  2. 8970a4
  3. 8771a0
  4. 86739b
  5. 857497
  6. 837693
  7. 82778e
  8. 80798a
  9. 7f7a85
  10. 7e7b81