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#8d86b5 color: Silk Lilac

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249°
100%

OKLCH

64.4%
0.070
291°
  • ≈ Slate
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 29%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.38:1 · Below AALc -67
Black text6.21:1 · AALc 43

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About #8d86b5

#8d86b5 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 64.4% lightness, 0.07 chroma and a hue of 291°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.38:1 contrast and black text 6.21:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Silk Lilac (#9188b5). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

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Lighter: #8d86b5 mixed with white

  1. 8d86b5
  2. 9892bc
  3. a39dc4
  4. aea9cb
  5. b9b5d3
  6. c4c1da
  7. d0cde2
  8. dbdae9
  9. e7e6f0
  10. f3f2f8

Darker: #8d86b5 mixed with black

  1. 8d86b5
  2. 7a749d
  3. 676286
  4. 55516f
  5. 444059
  6. 333044
  7. 232130
  8. 14131d
  9. 07060c
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8d86b5 with less saturation

  1. 8d86b5
  2. 8d87b1
  3. 8d88ad
  4. 8d88a9
  5. 8d89a5
  6. 8d8aa1
  7. 8d8b9d
  8. 8d8b99
  9. 8d8c95
  10. 8d8c91