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#8a79ab color: Parmentier

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260°
100%

OKLCH

61%
0.077
300°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.89:1 · Below AALc -72
Black text5.40:1 · AALc 38

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About #8a79ab

#8a79ab is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61% lightness, 0.077 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.89:1 contrast and black text 5.4:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Parmentier (#887cab). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-500.

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Lighter: #8a79ab mixed with white

  1. 8a79ab
  2. 9586b3
  3. a093bc
  4. aca0c4
  5. b7adcd
  6. c3bad5
  7. cec8de
  8. dad5e6
  9. e6e3ee
  10. f3f1f7

Darker: #8a79ab mixed with black

  1. 8a79ab
  2. 776894
  3. 65587e
  4. 534868
  5. 423954
  6. 322b40
  7. 221d2d
  8. 14101b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a79ab with less saturation

  1. 8a79ab
  2. 897aa7
  3. 897ba3
  4. 887c9f
  5. 877d9b
  6. 867f97
  7. 868093
  8. 85808f
  9. 84818b
  10. 848287