Violet
#C8A8EF
#C8A8EF is a violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.2:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#C8A8EF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #C8A8EF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F9F5FF
- 100 F0E6FF
- 200 E3CEFF
- 300 C8A8EF
- 400 B193D6
- 500 9677BA
- 600 7B5D9D
- 700 624681
- 800 4B3166
- 900 351E4C
- 950 200D31
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f9f5ff; --color-violet-100: #f0e6ff; --color-violet-200: #e3ceff; --color-violet-300: #c8a8ef; --color-violet-400: #b193d6; --color-violet-500: #9677ba; --color-violet-600: #7b5d9d; --color-violet-700: #624681; --color-violet-800: #4b3166; --color-violet-900: #351e4c; --color-violet-950: #200d31;}Is #C8A8EF readable?
Contrast for text on #C8A8EF and for #C8A8EF 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 · 2.0APCA Lc 44 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.2APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8869AC · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.2APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #C8A8EF
Six palettes built around #C8A8EF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#C8A8EF · #BB87B7 · #A1B4FF · #FFD8DC · #272431
- Complementary#C8A8EF · #92C359 · #8DC547 · #EAD4FF · #302B39
- Split complementary#C8A8EF · #CAAE64 · #53B361 · #F4E3FF · #232127
- Triadic#C8A8EF · #CF7624 · #00C4B7 · #DFD4FF · #2B2331
- Tetradic#C8A8EF · #DB816D · #9AC768 · #9DE8F8 · #352F39
- Monochromatic#C8A8EF · #A78BD3 · #C2A1FF · #EBE0FF · #221E25
#C8A8EF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #C8A8EF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F5FF
- Brand 100, #F0E6FF
- Brand 200, #E3CEFF
- Brand 300, #C8A8EF
- Brand 400, #B193D6
- Brand 500, #9677BA
- Brand 600, #7B5D9D
- Brand 700, #624681
- Brand 800, #4B3166
- Brand 900, #351E4C
- Brand 950, #200D31
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A29FA7
- Neutral 500, #75717A
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423F46
- Neutral 800, #29262D
- Neutral 900, #19171C
- Neutral 950, #0B090E
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, #EAA554
- 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 9.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.7:1.
- 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 #C8A8EF
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