Purple
#BF98DD
#BF98DD is a purple with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.9:1. On white it reaches only 2.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BF98DD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BF98DD kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FAF4FF
- 100 F3E5FF
- 200 E8CCFF
- 300 D2AEEE
- 400 BF98DD
- 500 9B75B7
- 600 805B9B
- 700 66447F
- 800 4F3064
- 900 381D4A
- 950 220C30
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #faf4ff; --color-purple-100: #f3e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e8ccff; --color-purple-300: #d2aeee; --color-purple-400: #bf98dd; --color-purple-500: #9b75b7; --color-purple-600: #805b9b; --color-purple-700: #66447f; --color-purple-800: #4f3064; --color-purple-900: #381d4a; --color-purple-950: #220c30;}Is #BF98DD readable?
Contrast for text on #BF98DD and for #BF98DD 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 · 2.4APCA Lc 52 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.9APCA Lc 56 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8D67A9 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.4APCA Lc 47 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.9APCA Lc 54 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #BF98DD
Six palettes built around #BF98DD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BF98DD · #D47DB5 · #9AA1FF · #FFD1D8 · #302937
- Complementary#BF98DD · #95C262 · #8FC44E · #ECD3FF · #2A252D
- Split complementary#BF98DD · #C5B161 · #46DA82 · #EDE2FF · #2A242E
- Triadic#BF98DD · #B27538 · #00D2D3 · #F2E2FF · #322E34
- Tetradic#BF98DD · #BB6A55 · #90C451 · #C1EDFF · #272328
- Monochromatic#BF98DD · #AB80D7 · #BB7AFC · #F3E3FF · #241D29
#BF98DD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BF98DD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FAF4FF
- Brand 100, #F3E5FF
- Brand 200, #E8CCFF
- Brand 300, #D2AEEE
- Brand 400, #BF98DD
- Brand 500, #9B75B7
- Brand 600, #805B9B
- Brand 700, #66447F
- Brand 800, #4F3064
- Brand 900, #381D4A
- Brand 950, #220C30
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #19161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #35A774
- 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, #E7A251
- 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 400 with neutral 950 text, at 8.2:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 8.2:1.
- 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 #BF98DD
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