Grey Purple #826D8C

About this color

#826D8C is a medium-dark, muted purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 57%, its chroma 0.053 and its hue 315°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Grey Purple. White text reads best on it, at 4.65:1.

Colors that go with Grey Purple

Matches found by rotating Grey Purple around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Grey Purple

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Grey Purple, closest first.

• Duckling Storybook
• Persimmon and Paprika
• Dove and Hush
• Lullaby Stillness
• Meringue Sprinkles
• Whisper Blue
• Sprout Garden
• Capital Advisory

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Grey Purple, with their ΔE distance.

• Purple Grey #866F85 ΔE 0.015
• Dark Lavender #856798 ΔE 0.029
• Faded Purple #916E99 ΔE 0.033
• Dusty Purple #825F87 ΔE 0.037
• Dusky Purple #895B7B ΔE 0.048
• Lavender Gray #7E7F9A ΔE 0.048
• Muted Purple #805B87 ΔE 0.049
• Battleship Gray #6C757D ΔE 0.050

More about Grey Purple

• Shades of purple
• What purple means

How to make Grey Purple

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts gray
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #86688C, a difference of ΔE 0.014 from Grey Purple. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make purple? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Grey Purple in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Grey Purple

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F6F5F7

   oklch(97.1% 0.003 308.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EBE8ED

   oklch(93.5% 0.007 312.3)

3. Step 200

   200

   #DCD7DF

   oklch(88.5% 0.012 313.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #C6BCCB

   oklch(80.8% 0.023 314.7)

5. Step 400

   400

   #AA9AB1

   oklch(70.7% 0.038 315.7)

6. Step 500

   500

   #95819E

   oklch(63.1% 0.049 315.3)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #826D8C

   oklch(56.6% 0.053 314.8)

8. Step 700

   700

   #6B5874

   oklch(49% 0.05 314.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #57485F

   oklch(42.6% 0.042 313.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #483D4D

    oklch(37.8% 0.03 315.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2A242D

    oklch(27.1% 0.018 314.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Grey Purple with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.