Light muted violet
#CBC3DA
#CBC3DA is a light muted violet with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CBC3DA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CBC3DA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F8F5FF
- 100 EEE8F9
- 200 DCD5E9
- 300 CBC3DA
- 400 A69FB4
- 500 8B8399
- 600 70697D
- 700 585164
- 800 423C4D
- 900 2D2836
- 950 1A1621
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f8f5ff; --color-violet-100: #eee8f9; --color-violet-200: #dcd5e9; --color-violet-300: #cbc3da; --color-violet-400: #a69fb4; --color-violet-500: #8b8399; --color-violet-600: #70697d; --color-violet-700: #585164; --color-violet-800: #423c4d; --color-violet-900: #2d2836; --color-violet-950: #1a1621;}Is #CBC3DA readable?
Contrast for text on #CBC3DA and for #CBC3DA 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 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.1APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7B7388 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 30 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.1APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CBC3DA
Six palettes built around #CBC3DA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CBC3DA · #C282B8 · #8D99FF · #FFD7E1 · #2C2931
- Complementary#CBC3DA · #94C25F · #94C260 · #EAE2FF · #36303C
- Split complementary#CBC3DA · #CBB042 · #0EB762 · #E3D1FF · #221F26
- Triadic#CBC3DA · #CF924D · #00C8BB · #D8CCFF · #322D3A
- Tetradic#CBC3DA · #E0817C · #9ACA65 · #9EE6F5 · #312D35
- Monochromatic#CBC3DA · #967CC7 · #B89FFF · #E6DCFF · #312E39
#CBC3DA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CBC3DA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F8F5FF
- Brand 100, #EEE8F9
- Brand 200, #DCD5E9
- Brand 300, #CBC3DA
- Brand 400, #A69FB4
- Brand 500, #8B8399
- Brand 600, #70697D
- Brand 700, #585164
- Brand 800, #423C4D
- Brand 900, #2D2836
- Brand 950, #1A1621
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A29FA7
- Neutral 500, #74727A
- Neutral 600, #55535B
- Neutral 700, #413F46
- Neutral 800, #29272D
- Neutral 900, #19171D
- 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, #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 11.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.7:1.
- 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 #CBC3DA
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.