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#8a85c8 color: Brocade

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244°
100%

OKLCH

64.8%
0.099
287°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 22%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.35:1 · Below AALc -66
Black text6.27:1 · AALc 43

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About #8a85c8

#8a85c8 is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 64.8% lightness, 0.099 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.35:1 contrast and black text 6.27:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Brocade (#8c87c5). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

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Lighter: #8a85c8 mixed with white

  1. 8a85c8
  2. 9591ce
  3. a09dd4
  4. aba9da
  5. b7b5df
  6. c2c1e5
  7. cecdea
  8. dadaef
  9. e6e6f5
  10. f3f2fa

Darker: #8a85c8 mixed with black

  1. 8a85c8
  2. 7773ae
  3. 656194
  4. 53507b
  5. 424063
  6. 32304c
  7. 222136
  8. 141321
  9. 07060f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8a85c8 with less saturation

  1. 8a85c8
  2. 8a86c2
  3. 8b87bd
  4. 8b88b7
  5. 8b89b2
  6. 8c8aac
  7. 8c8ba6
  8. 8d8ca0
  9. 8d8d9a
  10. 8e8e94