Light violet
#B8B6FF
#B8B6FF is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.0:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B8B6FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B8B6FF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F6FF
- 100 E9E9FF
- 200 D4D4FF
- 300 B8B6FF
- 400 9C9ADF
- 500 817EC3
- 600 6864A6
- 700 504C89
- 800 3C376D
- 900 282351
- 950 161136
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e9e9ff; --color-violet-200: #d4d4ff; --color-violet-300: #b8b6ff; --color-violet-400: #9c9adf; --color-violet-500: #817ec3; --color-violet-600: #6864a6; --color-violet-700: #504c89; --color-violet-800: #3c376d; --color-violet-900: #282351; --color-violet-950: #161136;}Is #B8B6FF readable?
Contrast for text on #B8B6FF and for #B8B6FF 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 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.0APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #736FB3 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.0APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #B8B6FF
Six palettes built around #B8B6FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B8B6FF · #AF7ECF · #589FFF · #FFCBE0 · #30303D
- Complementary#B8B6FF · #C6B160 · #CEAF2A · #D6D7FF · #232131
- Split complementary#B8B6FF · #D4A966 · #94CA64 · #E7E8FF · #32303C
- Triadic#B8B6FF · #C06D4C · #00C192 · #D7D2FF · #211F2E
- Tetradic#B8B6FF · #BB6267 · #D6B732 · #8CEAE2 · #252635
- Monochromatic#B8B6FF · #8C82CD · #AAA1FF · #D8D7FF · #2A2830
#B8B6FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B8B6FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F6FF
- Brand 100, #E9E9FF
- Brand 200, #D4D4FF
- Brand 300, #B8B6FF
- Brand 400, #9C9ADF
- Brand 500, #817EC3
- Brand 600, #6864A6
- Brand 700, #504C89
- Brand 800, #3C376D
- Brand 900, #282351
- Brand 950, #161136
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, #09090F
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 #B8B6FF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.