Light violet
#CAC3FA
#CAC3FA is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CAC3FA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CAC3FA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F6F5FF
- 100 EAE8FF
- 200 D8D3FF
- 300 CAC3FA
- 400 A29BCF
- 500 8780B3
- 600 6D6596
- 700 554E7B
- 800 403961
- 900 2B2547
- 950 19132E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f6f5ff; --color-violet-100: #eae8ff; --color-violet-200: #d8d3ff; --color-violet-300: #cac3fa; --color-violet-400: #a29bcf; --color-violet-500: #8780b3; --color-violet-600: #6d6596; --color-violet-700: #554e7b; --color-violet-800: #403961; --color-violet-900: #2b2547; --color-violet-950: #19132e;}Is #CAC3FA readable?
Contrast for text on #CAC3FA and for #CAC3FA 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7870A3 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 29 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CAC3FA
Six palettes built around #CAC3FA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CAC3FA · #B177CF · #749FFF · #FFCBDF · #2B2938
- Complementary#CAC3FA · #9DBE7B · #D0AF11 · #D7D1FF · #1F1F2B
- Split complementary#CAC3FA · #D6AB33 · #81CD7F · #D8D3FF · #211E2B
- Triadic#CAC3FA · #D07E3F · #00BFA0 · #D6D7FF · #1F1E25
- Tetradic#CAC3FA · #CA5566 · #8CC641 · #67EDF9 · #292938
- Monochromatic#CAC3FA · #9E8FE5 · #ADAAFF · #E8E6FF · #2D2B33
#CAC3FA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CAC3FA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F6F5FF
- Brand 100, #EAE8FF
- Brand 200, #D8D3FF
- Brand 300, #CAC3FA
- Brand 400, #A29BCF
- Brand 500, #8780B3
- Brand 600, #6D6596
- Brand 700, #554E7B
- Brand 800, #403961
- Brand 900, #2B2547
- Brand 950, #19132E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D4D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A0A0A8
- Neutral 500, #73727B
- Neutral 600, #54535B
- Neutral 700, #403F47
- Neutral 800, #28272E
- Neutral 900, #18171D
- Neutral 950, #0A090F
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, #EEA857
- 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 12.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 12.0:1.
- 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 #CAC3FA
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.