Light violet
#C6C6FF
#C6C6FF is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.6:1. On white it reaches only 1.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#C6C6FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #C6C6FF kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F6FF
- 100 E8E9FF
- 200 C6C6FF
- 300 B9BAED
- 400 9D9DD2
- 500 8281B6
- 600 686799
- 700 514F7D
- 800 3C3A63
- 900 282649
- 950 16142F
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e8e9ff; --color-violet-200: #c6c6ff; --color-violet-300: #b9baed; --color-violet-400: #9d9dd2; --color-violet-500: #8281b6; --color-violet-600: #686799; --color-violet-700: #514f7d; --color-violet-800: #3c3a63; --color-violet-900: #282649; --color-violet-950: #16142f;}Is #C6C6FF readable?
Contrast for text on #C6C6FF and for #C6C6FF 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 · 1.6APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.6APCA Lc 75 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7371A5 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.6APCA Lc 28 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.6APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #C6C6FF
Six palettes built around #C6C6FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#C6C6FF · #A576AF · #4FADFF · #FFE1F5 · #2D2D3B
- Complementary#C6C6FF · #CEAF25 · #D8B500 · #DCD9FF · #2B2C38
- Split complementary#C6C6FF · #E2A440 · #89C55E · #E8E9FF · #2D2D38
- Triadic#C6C6FF · #D97F63 · #15D794 · #E3E6FF · #23242C
- Tetradic#C6C6FF · #BF626A · #D0AF00 · #8CF3EB · #222434
- Monochromatic#C6C6FF · #9691F3 · #9588FF · #D5D5FF · #21222A
#C6C6FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #C6C6FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F6FF
- Brand 100, #E8E9FF
- Brand 200, #C6C6FF
- Brand 300, #B9BAED
- Brand 400, #9D9DD2
- Brand 500, #8281B6
- Brand 600, #686799
- Brand 700, #514F7D
- Brand 800, #3C3A63
- Brand 900, #282649
- Brand 950, #16142F
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D9
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A8
- Neutral 500, #72727B
- Neutral 600, #53535C
- Neutral 700, #3F3F47
- Neutral 800, #27272E
- Neutral 900, #17171D
- Neutral 950, #09090F
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, #EFA958
- 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 200 with neutral 950 text, at 12.2:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 12.2:1.
- 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 #C6C6FF
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