Purple
#B98FD5
#B98FD5 is a purple with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.1:1. On white it reaches only 2.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B98FD5 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B98FD5 kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FAF4FF
- 100 F4E4FF
- 200 EACBFF
- 300 D4ADEF
- 400 B98FD5
- 500 9D74B8
- 600 815A9B
- 700 68437F
- 800 502F64
- 900 391C4A
- 950 230B30
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #faf4ff; --color-purple-100: #f4e4ff; --color-purple-200: #eacbff; --color-purple-300: #d4adef; --color-purple-400: #b98fd5; --color-purple-500: #9d74b8; --color-purple-600: #815a9b; --color-purple-700: #68437f; --color-purple-800: #502f64; --color-purple-900: #391c4a; --color-purple-950: #230b30;}Is #B98FD5 readable?
Contrast for text on #B98FD5 and for #B98FD5 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 57 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.1APCA Lc 52 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8F66A9 · 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 · 7.1APCA Lc 50 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #B98FD5
Six palettes built around #B98FD5, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B98FD5 · #CD75B3 · #A6B3FF · #FFD9E1 · #2A272D
- Complementary#B98FD5 · #98C06E · #8EC549 · #EFDCFF · #2F2935
- Split complementary#B98FD5 · #C3B16D · #00D192 · #ECD8FF · #28232A
- Triadic#B98FD5 · #C18C51 · #00B2A8 · #ECCDFF · #242026
- Tetradic#B98FD5 · #D68457 · #8EC463 · #A5E6FF · #2E2835
- Monochromatic#B98FD5 · #AA6EC7 · #D195EC · #EDCCFF · #211F25
#B98FD5 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B98FD5 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FAF4FF
- Brand 100, #F4E4FF
- Brand 200, #EACBFF
- Brand 300, #D4ADEF
- Brand 400, #B98FD5
- Brand 500, #9D74B8
- Brand 600, #815A9B
- Brand 700, #68437F
- Brand 800, #502F64
- Brand 900, #391C4A
- Brand 950, #230B30
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #57525A
- Neutral 700, #423E45
- 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, #33A673
- 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, #E6A04F
- 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, #D35054
- 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, #5086CB
- 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 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 #B98FD5
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.