Light violet
#AFBAFF
#AFBAFF is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#AFBAFF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #AFBAFF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F4F6FF
- 100 E6EAFF
- 200 CFD7FF
- 300 AFBAFF
- 400 949EDF
- 500 7982C3
- 600 5F67A5
- 700 494F88
- 800 353A6D
- 900 222651
- 950 121335
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f4f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e6eaff; --color-violet-200: #cfd7ff; --color-violet-300: #afbaff; --color-violet-400: #949edf; --color-violet-500: #7982c3; --color-violet-600: #5f67a5; --color-violet-700: #494f88; --color-violet-800: #353a6d; --color-violet-900: #222651; --color-violet-950: #121335;}Is #AFBAFF readable?
Contrast for text on #AFBAFF and for #AFBAFF 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 · 1.9APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.1APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #6A72B2 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.1APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #AFBAFF
Six palettes built around #AFBAFF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#AFBAFF · #BA8CD2 · #80BDFF · #F2C7E6 · #20232B
- Complementary#AFBAFF · #C9AF61 · #D7AB00 · #D6DCFF · #252631
- Split complementary#AFBAFF · #D6A770 · #8BC468 · #CDD9FF · #242532
- Triadic#AFBAFF · #BA735B · #00D094 · #E3E4FF · #2D2E3D
- Tetradic#AFBAFF · #E47785 · #CCAF39 · #91FBF2 · #25272D
- Monochromatic#AFBAFF · #7A8CEF · #8FA1FF · #C6D4FF · #1B1F2C
#AFBAFF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #AFBAFF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F4F6FF
- Brand 100, #E6EAFF
- Brand 200, #CFD7FF
- Brand 300, #AFBAFF
- Brand 400, #949EDF
- Brand 500, #7982C3
- Brand 600, #5F67A5
- Brand 700, #494F88
- Brand 800, #353A6D
- Brand 900, #222651
- Brand 950, #121335
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9FA0A8
- Neutral 500, #71737B
- Neutral 600, #52545C
- Neutral 700, #3E4047
- Neutral 800, #26272E
- Neutral 900, #16171D
- Neutral 950, #090A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- 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, #ECA655
- Warning 400, #D69344
- 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, #D45154
- 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, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.6:1.
- 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 #AFBAFF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.