Purple
#683D8E
#683D8E is a purple with medium intensity, at step 700 of its 50–950 scale. White text on it has a contrast of 7.9:1. It is readable as text on white (7.9:1).
#683D8E shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #683D8E kept exactly at step 700. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F9F4FF
- 100 F1E5FF
- 200 E5CEFF
- 300 D3ABFD
- 400 B78DE2
- 500 9C71C6
- 600 8156A8
- 700 683D8E
- 800 502B6F
- 900 391853
- 950 230737
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #f9f4ff; --color-purple-100: #f1e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e5ceff; --color-purple-300: #d3abfd; --color-purple-400: #b78de2; --color-purple-500: #9c71c6; --color-purple-600: #8156a8; --color-purple-700: #683d8e; --color-purple-800: #502b6f; --color-purple-900: #391853; --color-purple-950: #230737;}Is #683D8E readable?
Contrast for text on #683D8E and for #683D8E used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
AAA · 7.9APCA Lc 92 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
Fail · 2.4APCA Lc 16 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on white
AAA · 7.9APCA Lc 87 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9469BD · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
Fail · 2.4APCA Lc 14 · Not readable
Color palettes with #683D8E
Six palettes built around #683D8E, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#683D8E · #B96FAF · #98A5FF · #FFD1DC · #302C38
- Complementary#683D8E · #99BE83 · #8EC54B · #ECD3FF · #2C2534
- Split complementary#683D8E · #C8B055 · #27CA80 · #EDD6FF · #2A2631
- Triadic#683D8E · #E2A349 · #00CAB7 · #E5D0FF · #28242A
- Tetradic#683D8E · #CC714D · #94C261 · #AAEBFF · #27232E
- Monochromatic#683D8E · #9D6CC4 · #D48DFF · #EEDEFF · #312E34
#683D8E as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #683D8E looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F4FF
- Brand 100, #F1E5FF
- Brand 200, #E5CEFF
- Brand 300, #D3ABFD
- Brand 400, #B78DE2
- Brand 500, #9C71C6
- Brand 600, #8156A8
- Brand 700, #683D8E
- Brand 800, #502B6F
- Brand 900, #391853
- Brand 950, #230737
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA7
- Neutral 500, #75717A
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423F46
- Neutral 800, #29262D
- Neutral 900, #19161C
- Neutral 950, #0B090E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #94F0C0
- Success 300, #70D8A4
- Success 400, #48BC86
- Success 500, #009863
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #F9AD55
- Warning 400, #E89629
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #E5474F
- Danger 600, #CC2C3B
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #65A5F7
- Info 500, #4789DB
- Info 600, #3375C6
- Info 700, #13549D
- Info 800, #003E7E
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 700 with white text, at 7.9:1.
- In dark mode primary lifts to Brand 500 so it reads on the dark background, at 5.3:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #683D8E
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