Light violet
#CBB8FF
#CBB8FF is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.6:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CBB8FF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CBB8FF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F7F5FF
- 100 EDE7FF
- 200 DDD1FF
- 300 CBB8FF
- 400 A996D9
- 500 8D7BBD
- 600 7360A0
- 700 5B4984
- 800 453468
- 900 30214D
- 950 1C1033
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f7f5ff; --color-violet-100: #ede7ff; --color-violet-200: #ddd1ff; --color-violet-300: #cbb8ff; --color-violet-400: #a996d9; --color-violet-500: #8d7bbd; --color-violet-600: #7360a0; --color-violet-700: #5b4984; --color-violet-800: #453468; --color-violet-900: #30214d; --color-violet-950: #1c1033;}Is #CBB8FF readable?
Contrast for text on #CBB8FF and for #CBB8FF 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 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.6APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7F6CAE · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.6APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CBB8FF
Six palettes built around #CBB8FF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CBB8FF · #BE8FC4 · #83A0FF · #FFDAE2 · #312F3F
- Complementary#CBB8FF · #9BBF76 · #D8B500 · #E6D8FF · #34303D
- Split complementary#CBB8FF · #CFAC5B · #55CC78 · #DDD9FF · #29282F
- Triadic#CBB8FF · #BA7A3F · #07D6BD · #DECCFC · #2E2D34
- Tetradic#CBB8FF · #DA8D84 · #86C81A · #80F1FF · #2B2835
- Monochromatic#CBB8FF · #9971CC · #AE9FFF · #DEC9FF · #26252C
#CBB8FF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CBB8FF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F7F5FF
- Brand 100, #EDE7FF
- Brand 200, #DDD1FF
- Brand 300, #CBB8FF
- Brand 400, #A996D9
- Brand 500, #8D7BBD
- Brand 600, #7360A0
- Brand 700, #5B4984
- Brand 800, #453468
- Brand 900, #30214D
- Brand 950, #1C1033
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E5E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D4D3D9
- Neutral 400, #A19FA7
- Neutral 500, #74727A
- Neutral 600, #55535B
- Neutral 700, #413F46
- Neutral 800, #28272D
- 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, #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 11.2:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.2:1.
- 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 #CBB8FF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.