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#8e89cb color: Brocade

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245°
100%

OKLCH

66%
0.097
287°
  • ≈ Amethyst
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.19:1 · Below AALc -64
Black text6.59:1 · AALc 45

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About #8e89cb

#8e89cb is a soft violet color. In OKLCH it has 66% lightness, 0.097 chroma and a hue of 287°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.19:1 contrast and black text 6.59:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Brocade (#8c87c5). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

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Lighter: #8e89cb mixed with white

  1. 8e89cb
  2. 9895d1
  3. a3a0d6
  4. aeacdc
  5. b9b7e1
  6. c4c3e6
  7. d0cfeb
  8. dbdbf0
  9. e7e7f5
  10. f3f3fa

Darker: #8e89cb mixed with black

  1. 8e89cb
  2. 7b76b0
  3. 686496
  4. 56537d
  5. 444265
  6. 34314d
  7. 242237
  8. 151422
  9. 07070f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8e89cb with less saturation

  1. 8e89cb
  2. 8e8ac6
  3. 8f8bc0
  4. 8f8cba
  5. 8f8db5
  6. 908eaf
  7. 908faa
  8. 9190a4
  9. 91919e
  10. 929198