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#8a899d color: Mandrake

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243°
100%

OKLCH

63.8%
0.030
288°
  • ≈ Gray
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • zinc-400
  • Black 38%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.42:1 · Below AALc -67
Black text6.15:1 · AALc 42

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About #8a899d

#8a899d is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 63.8% lightness, 0.03 chroma and a hue of 288°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.42:1 contrast and black text 6.15:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Mandrake (#8889a0). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is zinc-400.

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Lighter: #8a899d mixed with white

  1. 8a899d
  2. 9594a6
  3. a0a0b0
  4. acabba
  5. b7b7c3
  6. c3c2cd
  7. cfced7
  8. dbdae1
  9. e7e6eb
  10. f3f3f5

Darker: #8a899d mixed with black

  1. 8a899d
  2. 777688
  3. 656473
  4. 53535f
  5. 42424c
  6. 32313a
  7. 222228
  8. 141418
  9. 070709
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a899d with less saturation

  1. 8a899d
  2. 8a899b
  3. 8a899a
  4. 8a8a98
  5. 8a8a96
  6. 8b8a94
  7. 8b8a92
  8. 8b8b91
  9. 8b8b8f
  10. 8b8b8d