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#8b7aaa color: Parmentier

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261°
100%

OKLCH

61.3%
0.074
300°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Purple
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Neutral
  • slate-500
  • Black 33%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.84:1 · Below AALc -71
Black text5.46:1 · AALc 38

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About #8b7aaa

#8b7aaa is a dusty purple color. In OKLCH it has 61.3% lightness, 0.074 chroma and a hue of 300°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.84:1 contrast and black text 5.46:1, 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: #8b7aaa mixed with white

  1. 8b7aaa
  2. 9687b3
  3. a194bb
  4. aca0c4
  5. b8aecc
  6. c3bbd5
  7. cfc8dd
  8. dbd6e6
  9. e7e3ee
  10. f3f1f7

Darker: #8b7aaa mixed with black

  1. 8b7aaa
  2. 786993
  3. 66597d
  4. 544968
  5. 433a53
  6. 322b3f
  7. 231d2d
  8. 14101b
  9. 07050b
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8b7aaa with less saturation

  1. 8b7aaa
  2. 8a7ba6
  3. 897ca3
  4. 897d9f
  5. 887e9b
  6. 877f97
  7. 878094
  8. 868190
  9. 85828c
  10. 858388