Violet
#7976AE
#7976AE is a violet with medium intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 4.5:1. On white it reaches only 4.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#7976AE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #7976AE kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F6FF
- 100 E9E9FF
- 200 D5D4FF
- 300 BAB9EF
- 400 9E9CD5
- 500 7976AE
- 600 69669C
- 700 524E80
- 800 3D3965
- 900 29254B
- 950 171331
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e9e9ff; --color-violet-200: #d5d4ff; --color-violet-300: #bab9ef; --color-violet-400: #9e9cd5; --color-violet-500: #7976ae; --color-violet-600: #69669c; --color-violet-700: #524e80; --color-violet-800: #3d3965; --color-violet-900: #29254b; --color-violet-950: #171331;}Is #7976AE readable?
Contrast for text on #7976AE and for #7976AE 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
Large · 4.2APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 4.5APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7470A8 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 4.2APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 4.5APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #7976AE
Six palettes built around #7976AE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#7976AE · #A776C9 · #87B4FF · #FFD9ED · #2D2E3E
- Complementary#7976AE · #C4B169 · #D0AF00 · #D5D6FF · #2E2E37
- Split complementary#7976AE · #E1A452 · #7FBB63 · #E4DFFF · #292635
- Triadic#7976AE · #BA6A30 · #00CF88 · #D1D5FF · #24242F
- Tetradic#7976AE · #B6666B · #CEAF2B · #80EAEA · #282534
- Monochromatic#7976AE · #8778C9 · #A49BFF · #D3D3FF · #22222A
#7976AE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #7976AE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F6FF
- Brand 100, #E9E9FF
- Brand 200, #D5D4FF
- Brand 300, #BAB9EF
- Brand 400, #9E9CD5
- Brand 500, #7976AE
- Brand 600, #69669C
- Brand 700, #524E80
- Brand 800, #3D3965
- Brand 900, #29254B
- Brand 950, #171331
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D9
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A8
- Neutral 500, #72727B
- Neutral 600, #53535C
- Neutral 700, #3F3F47
- Neutral 800, #27272E
- Neutral 900, #17171D
- Neutral 950, #0A090F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #289E6C
- 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, #F1B169
- Warning 400, #DF9A48
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- 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, #F77575
- Danger 500, #CA484C
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #497FC3
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 4.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 4.7:1.
- 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.
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