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#8e8ea3 color: Cotton Flannel

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240°
100%

OKLCH

65.4%
0.031
286°
  • ≈ Gray
  • Indigo
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • zinc-400
  • Black 36%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text3.21:1 · Below AALc -65
Black text6.55:1 · AALc 45

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About #8e8ea3

#8e8ea3 is a dusty indigo color. In OKLCH it has 65.4% lightness, 0.031 chroma and a hue of 286°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 3.21:1 contrast and black text 6.55:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Cotton Flannel (#9090a2). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is zinc-400.

More medium indigo colors

Lighter: #8e8ea3 mixed with white

  1. 8e8ea3
  2. 9999ac
  3. a4a4b5
  4. afafbe
  5. babac7
  6. c5c5d0
  7. d0d0d9
  8. dcdce3
  9. e7e8ec
  10. f3f3f6

Darker: #8e8ea3 mixed with black

  1. 8e8ea3
  2. 7b7b8d
  3. 686878
  4. 565663
  5. 44444f
  6. 34343c
  7. 24242a
  8. 151519
  9. 07070a
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8e8ea3 with less saturation

  1. 8e8ea3
  2. 8e8ea1
  3. 8e8e9f
  4. 8f8f9d
  5. 8f8f9c
  6. 8f8f9a
  7. 8f8f98
  8. 8f9096
  9. 909094
  10. 909092