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#8a7eaa color: Parmentier

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256°
100%

OKLCH

62%
0.067
297°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.72:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.65:1 · AALc 39

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About #8a7eaa

#8a7eaa is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 62% lightness, 0.067 chroma and a hue of 297°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.72:1 contrast and black text 5.65:1, 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: #8a7eaa mixed with white

  1. 8a7eaa
  2. 958ab2
  3. a097bb
  4. aca3c3
  5. b7b0cc
  6. c3bdd4
  7. cecadd
  8. dad7e5
  9. e6e4ee
  10. f3f2f6

Darker: #8a7eaa mixed with black

  1. 8a7eaa
  2. 776d93
  3. 655c7d
  4. 534c68
  5. 423c53
  6. 322d3f
  7. 221f2d
  8. 14111b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a7eaa with less saturation

  1. 8a7eaa
  2. 8a7fa7
  3. 8980a3
  4. 89819f
  5. 88829c
  6. 888298
  7. 878395
  8. 878491
  9. 87858d
  10. 86858a