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#8a7aa9 color: Parmentier

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260°
100%

OKLCH

61.2%
0.072
300°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 34%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.86:1 · Below AALc -72
Black text5.44:1 · AALc 38

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About #8a7aa9

#8a7aa9 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.2% lightness, 0.072 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.86:1 contrast and black text 5.44:1, 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: #8a7aa9 mixed with white

  1. 8a7aa9
  2. 9587b2
  3. a094ba
  4. aca0c3
  5. b7aecb
  6. c3bbd4
  7. cec8dd
  8. dad6e5
  9. e6e3ee
  10. f3f1f6

Darker: #8a7aa9 mixed with black

  1. 8a7aa9
  2. 776992
  3. 65597c
  4. 534967
  5. 423a53
  6. 322b3f
  7. 221d2c
  8. 14101b
  9. 07050a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a7aa9 with less saturation

  1. 8a7aa9
  2. 897ba5
  3. 897ca2
  4. 887d9e
  5. 877e9a
  6. 877f97
  7. 868093
  8. 85818f
  9. 85828b
  10. 848387