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#8f8ea1 color: Cotton Flannel

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243°
100%

OKLCH

65.4%
0.028
288°
  • ≈ Gray
  • Violet
  • Medium
  • Muted
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • zinc-400
  • Black 37%

Looks the same on every screen.

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

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About #8f8ea1

#8f8ea1 is a dusty violet color. In OKLCH it has 65.4% lightness, 0.028 chroma and a hue of 288°.

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.

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Lighter: #8f8ea1 mixed with white

  1. 8f8ea1
  2. 9a99aa
  3. a4a4b3
  4. afafbc
  5. babac6
  6. c5c5cf
  7. d1d0d9
  8. dcdce2
  9. e8e7ec
  10. f3f3f5

Darker: #8f8ea1 mixed with black

  1. 8f8ea1
  2. 7c7b8b
  3. 696876
  4. 575662
  5. 45444e
  6. 34343c
  7. 24242a
  8. 151519
  9. 070709
  10. 010101

Calmer: #8f8ea1 with less saturation

  1. 8f8ea1
  2. 8f8e9f
  3. 8f8e9e
  4. 8f8f9c
  5. 8f8f9a
  6. 908f99
  7. 908f97
  8. 909095
  9. 909094
  10. 909092