Light violet
#CBB4FF
#CBB4FF is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.3:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CBB4FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CBB4FF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F8F5FF
- 100 EDE7FF
- 200 DED1FF
- 300 CBB4FF
- 400 AB95DB
- 500 9079BF
- 600 755FA2
- 700 5D4786
- 800 46336A
- 900 31204F
- 950 1D0E34
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f8f5ff; --color-violet-100: #ede7ff; --color-violet-200: #ded1ff; --color-violet-300: #cbb4ff; --color-violet-400: #ab95db; --color-violet-500: #9079bf; --color-violet-600: #755fa2; --color-violet-700: #5d4786; --color-violet-800: #46336a; --color-violet-900: #31204f; --color-violet-950: #1d0e34;}Is #CBB4FF readable?
Contrast for text on #CBB4FF and for #CBB4FF 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 · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #816BB0 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CBB4FF
Six palettes built around #CBB4FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CBB4FF · #B168A3 · #769CFF · #FFC9DB · #27262E
- Complementary#CBB4FF · #94C261 · #8FCC3C · #EDE3FF · #2B2731
- Split complementary#CBB4FF · #D6AA49 · #81C775 · #E4E1FF · #302F3B
- Triadic#CBB4FF · #B47F48 · #00D3C4 · #E1CFFF · #201F28
- Tetradic#CBB4FF · #DB7F6C · #8ECF33 · #A2EDFE · #2B2A30
- Monochromatic#CBB4FF · #9785C8 · #B589E6 · #D7CEFF · #25202C
#CBB4FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CBB4FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F8F5FF
- Brand 100, #EDE7FF
- Brand 200, #DED1FF
- Brand 300, #CBB4FF
- Brand 400, #AB95DB
- Brand 500, #9079BF
- Brand 600, #755FA2
- Brand 700, #5D4786
- Brand 800, #46336A
- Brand 900, #31204F
- Brand 950, #1D0E34
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A19FA7
- Neutral 500, #74727A
- Neutral 600, #55535B
- Neutral 700, #413F46
- Neutral 800, #28272D
- Neutral 900, #18171D
- Neutral 950, #0B090F
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, #EDA756
- 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 10.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.9:1.
- 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 #CBB4FF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.