Purple
#AE62CD
#AE62CD is a purple with high intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 4.9:1. On white it reaches only 3.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#AE62CD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #AE62CD kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FBF3FF
- 100 F6E3FF
- 200 EEC9FF
- 300 E3A1FF
- 400 CA7FE9
- 500 AE62CD
- 600 9147AF
- 700 762F91
- 800 5C1A74
- 900 430557
- 950 290037
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fbf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f6e3ff; --color-purple-200: #eec9ff; --color-purple-300: #e3a1ff; --color-purple-400: #ca7fe9; --color-purple-500: #ae62cd; --color-purple-600: #9147af; --color-purple-700: #762f91; --color-purple-800: #5c1a74; --color-purple-900: #430557; --color-purple-950: #290037;}Is #AE62CD readable?
Contrast for text on #AE62CD and for #AE62CD 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 · 3.9APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 4.9APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #A256C1 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.9APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 4.9APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #AE62CD
Six palettes built around #AE62CD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#AE62CD · #B06D98 · #AEA8FF · #FFD5DA · #221E24
- Complementary#AE62CD · #90C35E · #69CD5A · #F9D5FF · #332E36
- Split complementary#AE62CD · #C5B162 · #00BD7C · #E9CCF6 · #242026
- Triadic#AE62CD · #DBA65C · #00B0BB · #F5C0FB · #281F2B
- Tetradic#AE62CD · #DD734B · #5DB046 · #D0F2FF · #252028
- Monochromatic#AE62CD · #BD8CC6 · #C283E0 · #F7C1FF · #2F2A2F
#AE62CD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #AE62CD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FBF3FF
- Brand 100, #F6E3FF
- Brand 200, #EEC9FF
- Brand 300, #E3A1FF
- Brand 400, #CA7FE9
- Brand 500, #AE62CD
- Brand 600, #9147AF
- Brand 700, #762F91
- Brand 800, #5C1A74
- Brand 900, #430557
- Brand 950, #290037
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A49FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #575259
- Neutral 700, #433E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #90F1BF
- Success 300, #6BD9A2
- Success 400, #40BD85
- Success 500, #00A26A
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CD
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #FDAB47
- Warning 400, #ED9400
- 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, #E90035
- Danger 600, #CD002D
- 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, #5DA5FF
- Info 500, #237EE5
- Info 600, #046BCF
- Info 700, #0053A5
- Info 800, #003E7E
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.1:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 5.1:1.
- 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 #AE62CD
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