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#8a7eaf color: Parmentier

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255°
100%

OKLCH

62.2%
0.074
295°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-500
  • Black 31%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.69:1 · Below AALc -70
Black text5.68:1 · AALc 40

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About #8a7eaf

#8a7eaf is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 62.2% lightness, 0.074 chroma and a hue of 295°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.69:1 contrast and black text 5.68:1, 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: #8a7eaf mixed with white

  1. 8a7eaf
  2. 958ab7
  3. a097bf
  4. aba3c7
  5. b7b0cf
  6. c3bdd7
  7. cecadf
  8. dad7e7
  9. e6e4ef
  10. f3f2f7

Darker: #8a7eaf mixed with black

  1. 8a7eaf
  2. 776d98
  3. 655c81
  4. 534c6b
  5. 423c56
  6. 322d41
  7. 221f2e
  8. 14111c
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a7eaf with less saturation

  1. 8a7eaf
  2. 8a7fab
  3. 8980a7
  4. 8981a3
  5. 88829f
  6. 88839b
  7. 888497
  8. 878493
  9. 87858f
  10. 87868b