Light violet
#CBB3EA
#CBB3EA is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.0:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CBB3EA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CBB3EA 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 E3CFFD
- 300 CBB3EA
- 400 AE97CB
- 500 927BAF
- 600 786193
- 700 5F4A78
- 800 48355E
- 900 332245
- 950 1E112C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f9f5ff; --color-violet-100: #f0e6ff; --color-violet-200: #e3cffd; --color-violet-300: #cbb3ea; --color-violet-400: #ae97cb; --color-violet-500: #927baf; --color-violet-600: #786193; --color-violet-700: #5f4a78; --color-violet-800: #48355e; --color-violet-900: #332245; --color-violet-950: #1e112c;}Is #CBB3EA readable?
Contrast for text on #CBB3EA and for #CBB3EA 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 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.0APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #836D9F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.0APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CBB3EA
Six palettes built around #CBB3EA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CBB3EA · #A774A5 · #83A5FF · #FFC9D8 · #241D28
- Complementary#CBB3EA · #92C35B · #8CCC31 · #DED2FF · #2F2A38
- Split complementary#CBB3EA · #C7B057 · #53CC73 · #DFCFFF · #2D2837
- Triadic#CBB3EA · #BF7D23 · #00B19D · #E8CAFF · #2C2830
- Tetradic#CBB3EA · #BE6947 · #8DC45A · #96E8F9 · #27222B
- Monochromatic#CBB3EA · #AF88EC · #D28CFF · #EBDCFF · #2C2737
#CBB3EA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CBB3EA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F5FF
- Brand 100, #F0E6FF
- Brand 200, #E3CFFD
- Brand 300, #CBB3EA
- Brand 400, #AE97CB
- Brand 500, #927BAF
- Brand 600, #786193
- Brand 700, #5F4A78
- Brand 800, #48355E
- Brand 900, #332245
- Brand 950, #1E112C
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, #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 10.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.5:1.
- 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 #CBB3EA
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