Violet
#B9ABDC
#B9ABDC is a violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 8.9:1. On white it reaches only 2.1:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B9ABDC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B9ABDC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F8F5FF
- 100 EDE7FF
- 200 DDD2FB
- 300 B9ABDC
- 400 A89AC9
- 500 8C7FAD
- 600 726491
- 700 5A4D76
- 800 44385C
- 900 2F2543
- 950 1B132B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f8f5ff; --color-violet-100: #ede7ff; --color-violet-200: #ddd2fb; --color-violet-300: #b9abdc; --color-violet-400: #a89ac9; --color-violet-500: #8c7fad; --color-violet-600: #726491; --color-violet-700: #5a4d76; --color-violet-800: #44385c; --color-violet-900: #2f2543; --color-violet-950: #1b132b;}Is #B9ABDC readable?
Contrast for text on #B9ABDC and for #B9ABDC 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 · 2.1APCA Lc 46 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 8.9APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7D6F9D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 41 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 8.9APCA Lc 60 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #B9ABDC
Six palettes built around #B9ABDC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B9ABDC · #C185B7 · #788DFF · #FFDDE8 · #252131
- Complementary#B9ABDC · #92C358 · #89C733 · #DACCFF · #23212A
- Split complementary#B9ABDC · #D8A945 · #7BD467 · #E3CEFF · #302F36
- Triadic#B9ABDC · #B9700C · #00C2A4 · #EBE2FF · #222128
- Tetradic#B9ABDC · #E57470 · #87C824 · #A9F1FF · #24202B
- Monochromatic#B9ABDC · #AF91E5 · #A289F7 · #E7DCFF · #322E3C
#B9ABDC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B9ABDC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F8F5FF
- Brand 100, #EDE7FF
- Brand 200, #DDD2FB
- Brand 300, #B9ABDC
- Brand 400, #A89AC9
- Brand 500, #8C7FAD
- Brand 600, #726491
- Brand 700, #5A4D76
- Brand 800, #44385C
- Brand 900, #2F2543
- Brand 950, #1B132B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A19FA7
- Neutral 500, #74727A
- Neutral 600, #55535B
- Neutral 700, #413F46
- Neutral 800, #28272D
- Neutral 900, #18171D
- Neutral 950, #0B090F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38A976
- 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, #E9A453
- 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 9.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.4:1.
- 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 #B9ABDC
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