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#8a899e color: Mandrake

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243°
100%

OKLCH

63.8%
0.031
288°
  • ≈ Gray
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • zinc-400
  • Black 38%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.41:1 · Below AALc -67
Black text6.15:1 · AALc 42

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About #8a899e

#8a899e is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 63.8% lightness, 0.031 chroma and a hue of 288°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.41:1 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: #8a899e mixed with white

  1. 8a899e
  2. 9594a7
  3. a0a0b1
  4. acabba
  5. b7b7c4
  6. c3c2ce
  7. cfced7
  8. dbdae1
  9. e7e6eb
  10. f3f3f5

Darker: #8a899e mixed with black

  1. 8a899e
  2. 777689
  3. 656474
  4. 535360
  5. 42424d
  6. 32313a
  7. 222229
  8. 141418
  9. 070709
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a899e with less saturation

  1. 8a899e
  2. 8a899c
  3. 8a8a9a
  4. 8a8a99
  5. 8b8a97
  6. 8b8a95
  7. 8b8a93
  8. 8b8b91
  9. 8b8b8f
  10. 8b8b8d