Light muted violet
#BEBBDB
#BEBBDB is a light muted violet with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.2:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BEBBDB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BEBBDB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F6FF
- 100 EAE8FF
- 200 D8D6F1
- 300 BEBBDB
- 400 A29FBD
- 500 8784A2
- 600 6C6986
- 700 54526C
- 800 3F3C54
- 900 2B283C
- 950 181625
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f6ff; --color-violet-100: #eae8ff; --color-violet-200: #d8d6f1; --color-violet-300: #bebbdb; --color-violet-400: #a29fbd; --color-violet-500: #8784a2; --color-violet-600: #6c6986; --color-violet-700: #54526c; --color-violet-800: #3f3c54; --color-violet-900: #2b283c; --color-violet-950: #181625;}Is #BEBBDB readable?
Contrast for text on #BEBBDB and for #BEBBDB 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 · 10.2APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #777391 · 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 · 10.2APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BEBBDB
Six palettes built around #BEBBDB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BEBBDB · #A873A9 · #76B1FF · #FFCEE6 · #22212A
- Complementary#BEBBDB · #CBB040 · #D1AF00 · #E5E6FF · #282936
- Split complementary#BEBBDB · #DAA83E · #71BD6E · #DCD5FF · #2D2D36
- Triadic#BEBBDB · #D37651 · #22D4A4 · #DCDEFF · #242532
- Tetradic#BEBBDB · #E77985 · #95C264 · #76EEFD · #272730
- Monochromatic#BEBBDB · #9076C8 · #A583F4 · #D9D4FF · #211F28
#BEBBDB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BEBBDB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F6FF
- Brand 100, #EAE8FF
- Brand 200, #D8D6F1
- Brand 300, #BEBBDB
- Brand 400, #A29FBD
- Brand 500, #8784A2
- Brand 600, #6C6986
- Brand 700, #54526C
- Brand 800, #3F3C54
- Brand 900, #2B283C
- Brand 950, #181625
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D4D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A8
- Neutral 500, #73727B
- Neutral 600, #54535B
- Neutral 700, #403F47
- Neutral 800, #28272E
- Neutral 900, #18171D
- Neutral 950, #0A090F
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 10.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.7:1.
- 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 #BEBBDB
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.