Purple
#AB8BBD
#AB8BBD is a purple with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 6.4:1. On white it reaches only 2.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#AB8BBD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #AB8BBD kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FBF4FF
- 100 F5E4FF
- 200 E9CDF9
- 300 D0B2E1
- 400 AB8BBD
- 500 9979AA
- 600 7D5F8E
- 700 644873
- 800 4D345A
- 900 362141
- 950 211029
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fbf4ff; --color-purple-100: #f5e4ff; --color-purple-200: #e9cdf9; --color-purple-300: #d0b2e1; --color-purple-400: #ab8bbd; --color-purple-500: #9979aa; --color-purple-600: #7d5f8e; --color-purple-700: #644873; --color-purple-800: #4d345a; --color-purple-900: #362141; --color-purple-950: #211029;}Is #AB8BBD readable?
Contrast for text on #AB8BBD and for #AB8BBD 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
Fail · 2.9APCA Lc 61 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 6.4APCA Lc 48 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8A6B9C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.9APCA Lc 56 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 6.4APCA Lc 46 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #AB8BBD
Six palettes built around #AB8BBD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#AB8BBD · #C168A1 · #9B9AFF · #FFD3D1 · #261C28
- Complementary#AB8BBD · #7FAF70 · #87CF63 · #F3DDFF · #251D2B
- Split complementary#AB8BBD · #CAB046 · #4EC17F · #ECCCFF · #322F36
- Triadic#AB8BBD · #CB8F48 · #00C6C9 · #F2CFFF · #2A2630
- Tetradic#AB8BBD · #C37956 · #6AD051 · #C0EDFF · #221E24
- Monochromatic#AB8BBD · #B482C6 · #CE9EF5 · #F3C9FF · #2C282F
#AB8BBD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #AB8BBD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FBF4FF
- Brand 100, #F5E4FF
- Brand 200, #E9CDF9
- Brand 300, #D0B2E1
- Brand 400, #AB8BBD
- Brand 500, #9979AA
- Brand 600, #7D5F8E
- Brand 700, #644873
- Brand 800, #4D345A
- Brand 900, #362141
- Brand 950, #211029
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #57525A
- Neutral 700, #433E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #31A471
- 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, #E49E4D
- 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, #D14E52
- 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, #4E85C9
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 6.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 6.7:1.
- 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.
Colors related to #AB8BBD
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