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#8a7daa color: Parmentier

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257°
100%

OKLCH

61.8%
0.068
298°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.75:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.59:1 · AALc 39

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About #8a7daa

#8a7daa is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 61.8% lightness, 0.068 chroma and a hue of 298°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.75:1 contrast and black text 5.59:1, 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: #8a7daa mixed with white

  1. 8a7daa
  2. 9589b2
  3. a096bb
  4. aca3c3
  5. b7afcc
  6. c3bcd4
  7. cec9dd
  8. dad7e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f3f1f6

Darker: #8a7daa mixed with black

  1. 8a7daa
  2. 776c93
  3. 655b7d
  4. 534b68
  5. 423b53
  6. 322c3f
  7. 221e2d
  8. 14111b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a7daa with less saturation

  1. 8a7daa
  2. 897ea6
  3. 897fa3
  4. 88809f
  5. 88819c
  6. 888298
  7. 878294
  8. 878391
  9. 86848d
  10. 868589