Purple
#BF4EBD
#BF4EBD is a purple with high intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 4.5:1. On white it reaches only 4.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BF4EBD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BF4EBD kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF2FE
- 100 FFE0FD
- 200 FFC1FB
- 300 FC92F8
- 400 E071DD
- 500 BF4EBD
- 600 A535A4
- 700 881A87
- 800 6B006B
- 900 4B004B
- 950 2E002E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff2fe; --color-purple-100: #ffe0fd; --color-purple-200: #ffc1fb; --color-purple-300: #fc92f8; --color-purple-400: #e071dd; --color-purple-500: #bf4ebd; --color-purple-600: #a535a4; --color-purple-700: #881a87; --color-purple-800: #6b006b; --color-purple-900: #4b004b; --color-purple-950: #2e002e;}Is #BF4EBD readable?
Contrast for text on #BF4EBD and for #BF4EBD 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
Large · 4.2APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 4.5APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #B848B7 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 4.2APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 4.5APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #BF4EBD
Six palettes built around #BF4EBD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BF4EBD · #DB6B99 · #B085F2 · #FFD9CF · #302A30
- Complementary#BF4EBD · #389B49 · #3DB676 · #F1C2F1 · #251D24
- Split complementary#BF4EBD · #9CBE7B · #00B7A9 · #FBC9FA · #343035
- Triadic#BF4EBD · #D0AC5A · #00B6C1 · #FDD5F7 · #2A1F28
- Tetradic#BF4EBD · #D48B5C · #5CD874 · #B2DCFF · #332530
- Monochromatic#BF4EBD · #D17BC8 · #E28AEB · #FFD0F3 · #372C36
#BF4EBD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BF4EBD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF2FE
- Brand 100, #FFE0FD
- Brand 200, #FFC1FB
- Brand 300, #FC92F8
- Brand 400, #E071DD
- Brand 500, #BF4EBD
- Brand 600, #A535A4
- Brand 700, #881A87
- Brand 800, #6B006B
- Brand 900, #4B004B
- Brand 950, #2E002E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D2D7
- Neutral 400, #A59EA4
- Neutral 500, #787177
- Neutral 600, #595258
- Neutral 700, #443E44
- Neutral 800, #2B262B
- Neutral 900, #1B161B
- Neutral 950, #0D080D
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #91F1BF
- Success 300, #6BD9A3
- Success 400, #41BD85
- Success 500, #00A16A
- 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, #FDAB48
- Warning 400, #EC9400
- 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, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #E70034
- Danger 600, #CD002D
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #5DA5FF
- Info 500, #227DE4
- Info 600, #046BCF
- Info 700, #0053A5
- Info 800, #003E7E
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 4.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 4.8:1.
- 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 #BF4EBD
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