Purple
#B88EDF
#B88EDF is a purple with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.2:1. On white it reaches only 2.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B88EDF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B88EDF kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F9F4FF
- 100 F2E5FF
- 200 E6CDFF
- 300 D3ACF7
- 400 B88EDF
- 500 9C72C1
- 600 8058A3
- 700 674187
- 800 4F2D6B
- 900 381A50
- 950 220934
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #f9f4ff; --color-purple-100: #f2e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e6cdff; --color-purple-300: #d3acf7; --color-purple-400: #b88edf; --color-purple-500: #9c72c1; --color-purple-600: #8058a3; --color-purple-700: #674187; --color-purple-800: #4f2d6b; --color-purple-900: #381a50; --color-purple-950: #220934;}Is #B88EDF readable?
Contrast for text on #B88EDF and for #B88EDF 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 · 2.6APCA Lc 56 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.2APCA Lc 52 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8E65B3 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.6APCA Lc 51 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.2APCA Lc 50 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #B88EDF
Six palettes built around #B88EDF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B88EDF · #D484BB · #96B0FF · #FFE2EA · #342C3A
- Complementary#B88EDF · #96C167 · #93C35E · #EDD3FF · #322F37
- Split complementary#B88EDF · #C9B04D · #00B883 · #F1E1FF · #35303A
- Triadic#B88EDF · #C97E00 · #00D3C3 · #E2D0FF · #302D34
- Tetradic#B88EDF · #E97463 · #8FC36A · #A3EEFF · #332D3A
- Monochromatic#B88EDF · #B37DD4 · #BB79FE · #E4CBFF · #312A37
#B88EDF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B88EDF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F4FF
- Brand 100, #F2E5FF
- Brand 200, #E6CDFF
- Brand 300, #D3ACF7
- Brand 400, #B88EDF
- Brand 500, #9C72C1
- Brand 600, #8058A3
- Brand 700, #674187
- Brand 800, #4F2D6B
- Brand 900, #381A50
- Brand 950, #220934
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, #92F1BF
- Success 300, #6DD8A3
- Success 400, #44BC85
- Success 500, #1EA770
- 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, #F5AF5F
- Warning 400, #EA9E41
- 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, #FD6F70
- Danger 500, #D9494F
- Danger 600, #BF303B
- Danger 700, #9F1225
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #6AA6F1
- Info 500, #4A86D2
- Info 600, #336EB6
- Info 700, #1C5598
- Info 800, #063F7B
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 7.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 7.5:1.
- 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 #B88EDF
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