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#8a89a2 color: Mandrake

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242°
100%

OKLCH

64%
0.037
287°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 36%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.40:1 · Below AALc -67
Black text6.18:1 · AALc 43

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About #8a89a2

#8a89a2 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 64% lightness, 0.037 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.4:1 contrast and black text 6.18:1, so white text reads better.

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

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Lighter: #8a89a2 mixed with white

  1. 8a89a2
  2. 9594ab
  3. a0a0b4
  4. acabbd
  5. b7b7c7
  6. c3c2d0
  7. cfced9
  8. dadae3
  9. e7e6ec
  10. f3f3f5

Darker: #8a89a2 mixed with black

  1. 8a89a2
  2. 77768c
  3. 656477
  4. 535363
  5. 42424f
  6. 32313c
  7. 22222a
  8. 141419
  9. 07070a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8a89a2 with less saturation

  1. 8a89a2
  2. 8a89a0
  3. 8a8a9e
  4. 8b8a9b
  5. 8b8a99
  6. 8b8b97
  7. 8b8b95
  8. 8b8b93
  9. 8b8b90
  10. 8c8c8e