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#8a72aa color: Fairy Wren

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266°
100%

OKLCH

59.6%
0.087
304°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text4.14:1 · Below AALc -74
Black text5.07:1 · AALc 36

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About #8a72aa

#8a72aa is a muted purple color. In OKLCH it has 59.6% lightness, 0.087 chroma and a hue of 304°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 4.14:1 contrast and black text 5.07:1, so white text reads better.

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

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Lighter: #8a72aa mixed with white

  1. 8a72aa
  2. 9580b3
  3. a08dbb
  4. ac9bc4
  5. b7a9cc
  6. c3b7d5
  7. cfc5dd
  8. dad3e6
  9. e7e2ee
  10. f3f0f7

Darker: #8a72aa mixed with black

  1. 8a72aa
  2. 776293
  3. 65537d
  4. 534468
  5. 423653
  6. 32283f
  7. 221b2d
  8. 140e1b
  9. 07040b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a72aa with less saturation

  1. 8a72aa
  2. 8974a6
  3. 8875a2
  4. 87769d
  5. 857899
  6. 847995
  7. 837a91
  8. 827c8c
  9. 817d88
  10. 807e83