Light violet
#C8B5EB
#C8B5EB is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#C8B5EB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #C8B5EB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F8F5FF
- 100 EFE6FF
- 200 E0D0FD
- 300 C8B5EB
- 400 AB99CB
- 500 8F7DB0
- 600 756393
- 700 5C4B78
- 800 46375E
- 900 312345
- 950 1C122C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f8f5ff; --color-violet-100: #efe6ff; --color-violet-200: #e0d0fd; --color-violet-300: #c8b5eb; --color-violet-400: #ab99cb; --color-violet-500: #8f7db0; --color-violet-600: #756393; --color-violet-700: #5c4b78; --color-violet-800: #46375e; --color-violet-900: #312345; --color-violet-950: #1c122c;}Is #C8B5EB readable?
Contrast for text on #C8B5EB and for #C8B5EB 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 · 1.9APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.1APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #806EA0 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.1APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #C8B5EB
Six palettes built around #C8B5EB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#C8B5EB · #C07EC4 · #95A3FF · #FFC9DC · #332C3B
- Complementary#C8B5EB · #93C35E · #99C766 · #EADEFF · #221F27
- Split complementary#C8B5EB · #DBA921 · #64C26A · #EAE4FF · #25202A
- Triadic#C8B5EB · #DB8E27 · #00C7B2 · #EADBFF · #2C2930
- Tetradic#C8B5EB · #D9886F · #93C35D · #A6E2ED · #302D37
- Monochromatic#C8B5EB · #AB82D7 · #BF80FF · #E1DBFF · #2D2C34
#C8B5EB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #C8B5EB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F8F5FF
- Brand 100, #EFE6FF
- Brand 200, #E0D0FD
- Brand 300, #C8B5EB
- Brand 400, #AB99CB
- Brand 500, #8F7DB0
- Brand 600, #756393
- Brand 700, #5C4B78
- Brand 800, #46375E
- Brand 900, #312345
- Brand 950, #1C122C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A29FA7
- Neutral 500, #74727A
- Neutral 600, #55535B
- Neutral 700, #413F46
- Neutral 800, #29272D
- Neutral 900, #19171D
- 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, #ECA655
- 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 10.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.6:1.
- 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 #C8B5EB
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