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#8a7ead color: Parmentier

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255°
100%

OKLCH

62.1%
0.071
296°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 32%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.70:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.67:1 · AALc 39

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About #8a7ead

#8a7ead is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 62.1% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 296°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.7:1 contrast and black text 5.67:1, 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: #8a7ead mixed with white

  1. 8a7ead
  2. 958ab5
  3. a097bd
  4. aba3c6
  5. b7b0ce
  6. c3bdd6
  7. cecade
  8. dad7e6
  9. e6e4ef
  10. f3f2f7

Darker: #8a7ead mixed with black

  1. 8a7ead
  2. 776d96
  3. 655c7f
  4. 534c6a
  5. 423c55
  6. 322d41
  7. 221f2d
  8. 14111b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a7ead with less saturation

  1. 8a7ead
  2. 8a7fa9
  3. 8980a6
  4. 8981a2
  5. 88829e
  6. 88839a
  7. 888396
  8. 878492
  9. 87858e
  10. 87868a