#8E7DBE · Amethyst

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#8E7DBE is a medium, muted purple color, closest to Amethyst and near Amethyst and Blue Gray. In OKLCH it has 63% lightness and 0.10 chroma at hue 295°. Purple suggests creativity, luxury and imagination; deep purples feel premium, light ones feel gentle, which makes #8E7DBE a natural choice for beauty, creative tools and premium products. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#8E7DBE
RGBrgb(142, 125, 190)
HSLhsl(256, 33%, 62%)
CMYK25, 34, 0, 25
CSS var--amethyst
Contrast3.6:1 white · 5.83:1 black

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How to use #8E7DBE

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8E7DBE (5.83:1); white text does not (3.6:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8E7DBE with its analogous neighbors #7E8DBE and #AF7EBE; for contrast use its complement #ADBE7E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--amethyst: #8E7DBE;

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