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#8a7bab color: Parmentier

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259°
100%

OKLCH

61.4%
0.073
299°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.82:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.50:1 · AALc 38

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About #8a7bab

#8a7bab is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.4% lightness, 0.073 chroma and a hue of 299°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.82:1 contrast and black text 5.5:1, 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: #8a7bab mixed with white

  1. 8a7bab
  2. 9588b3
  3. a094bc
  4. aca1c4
  5. b7aecd
  6. c3bbd5
  7. cec9dd
  8. dad6e6
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f3f1f7

Darker: #8a7bab mixed with black

  1. 8a7bab
  2. 776a94
  3. 655a7e
  4. 534a68
  5. 423a54
  6. 322c40
  7. 221e2d
  8. 14101b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a7bab with less saturation

  1. 8a7bab
  2. 897ca7
  3. 897da3
  4. 887ea0
  5. 887f9c
  6. 878098
  7. 868194
  8. 868290
  9. 85838c
  10. 858488