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#8f9ecd color: Velvet Robe

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225°
100%

OKLCH

70.5%
0.071
271°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Indigo
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.64:1 · Below AALc -57
Black text7.94:1 · AALc 53

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About #8f9ecd

#8f9ecd is a dusty light indigo color. In OKLCH it has 70.5% lightness, 0.071 chroma and a hue of 271°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.64:1 contrast and black text 7.94:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Velvet Robe (#939dcc). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light indigo colors

Lighter: #8f9ecd mixed with white

  1. 8f9ecd
  2. 9aa7d2
  3. a4b1d7
  4. afbbdd
  5. bac4e2
  6. c6cee7
  7. d1d8ec
  8. dce1f1
  9. e8ebf5
  10. f3f5fa

Darker: #8f9ecd mixed with black

  1. 8f9ecd
  2. 7c89b2
  3. 697498
  4. 57607e
  5. 454d66
  6. 343a4e
  7. 242938
  8. 151823
  9. 07090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #8f9ecd with less saturation

  1. 8f9ecd
  2. 919ec9
  3. 929fc4
  4. 949fc0
  5. 969fbb
  6. 979fb7
  7. 999fb2
  8. 9b9fae
  9. 9ca0a9
  10. 9ea0a4