Purple
#C8A9EA
#C8A9EA is a purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.3:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#C8A9EA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #C8A9EA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F9F4FF
- 100 F1E5FF
- 200 E5CEFF
- 300 C8A9EA
- 400 B194D2
- 500 9678B6
- 600 7B5E99
- 700 62477D
- 800 4B3263
- 900 352049
- 950 200E2F
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #f9f4ff; --color-purple-100: #f1e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e5ceff; --color-purple-300: #c8a9ea; --color-purple-400: #b194d2; --color-purple-500: #9678b6; --color-purple-600: #7b5e99; --color-purple-700: #62477d; --color-purple-800: #4b3263; --color-purple-900: #352049; --color-purple-950: #200e2f;}Is #C8A9EA readable?
Contrast for text on #C8A9EA and for #C8A9EA 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 · 9.3APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #886AA7 · 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 · 9.3APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #C8A9EA
Six palettes built around #C8A9EA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#C8A9EA · #C26EB2 · #8499FF · #FFE3E6 · #332C38
- Complementary#C8A9EA · #91C267 · #92C35B · #EDDFFF · #312E37
- Split complementary#C8A9EA · #CFAF1F · #00CE80 · #F4E4FF · #333137
- Triadic#C8A9EA · #AC7C42 · #00B0A0 · #ECDAFF · #2F2B37
- Tetradic#C8A9EA · #C5654D · #89CF46 · #7CEBFF · #2D2B33
- Monochromatic#C8A9EA · #B08EE8 · #AE81E1 · #F2E4FF · #2D2933
#C8A9EA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #C8A9EA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F4FF
- Brand 100, #F1E5FF
- Brand 200, #E5CEFF
- Brand 300, #C8A9EA
- Brand 400, #B194D2
- Brand 500, #9678B6
- Brand 600, #7B5E99
- Brand 700, #62477D
- Brand 800, #4B3263
- Brand 900, #352049
- Brand 950, #200E2F
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A29FA7
- Neutral 500, #75717A
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423F46
- Neutral 800, #29262D
- Neutral 900, #19161C
- 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 #C8A9EA
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