Light purple
#CBB5DE
#CBB5DE is a light purple with low 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.
#CBB5DE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CBB5DE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FAF4FF
- 100 F3E5FF
- 200 E3D1F3
- 300 CBB5DE
- 400 AE99C0
- 500 937EA4
- 600 786488
- 700 5F4C6E
- 800 483856
- 900 32243E
- 950 1E1326
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #faf4ff; --color-purple-100: #f3e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e3d1f3; --color-purple-300: #cbb5de; --color-purple-400: #ae99c0; --color-purple-500: #937ea4; --color-purple-600: #786488; --color-purple-700: #5f4c6e; --color-purple-800: #483856; --color-purple-900: #32243e; --color-purple-950: #1e1326;}Is #CBB5DE readable?
Contrast for text on #CBB5DE and for #CBB5DE 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 · 10.1APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #836F94 · 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 #CBB5DE
Six palettes built around #CBB5DE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CBB5DE · #D274B4 · #B2B0FF · #FFC5CB · #271F2D
- Complementary#CBB5DE · #9BBE81 · #7FCB5F · #EDE3FF · #292530
- Split complementary#CBB5DE · #C9B04C · #00BE73 · #E3CBFF · #29242C
- Triadic#CBB5DE · #BC7F48 · #00C0BF · #F4D9FF · #382F3C
- Tetradic#CBB5DE · #BD765D · #90C453 · #9AE5F6 · #2E2A33
- Monochromatic#CBB5DE · #B986E9 · #CE84F2 · #EDDAFF · #352F3F
#CBB5DE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CBB5DE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FAF4FF
- Brand 100, #F3E5FF
- Brand 200, #E3D1F3
- Brand 300, #CBB5DE
- Brand 400, #AE99C0
- Brand 500, #937EA4
- Brand 600, #786488
- Brand 700, #5F4C6E
- Brand 800, #483856
- Brand 900, #32243E
- Brand 950, #1E1326
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423E46
- Neutral 800, #2A262D
- Neutral 900, #19161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090E
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 #CBB5DE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.