Purple
#CD8EBF
#CD8EBF is a purple with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.4:1. On white it reaches only 2.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CD8EBF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CD8EBF kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3FC
- 100 FFE1F7
- 200 FCC5EF
- 300 E4AAD7
- 400 CD8EBF
- 500 AD70A0
- 600 905684
- 700 753F6A
- 800 5B2C52
- 900 421A3B
- 950 2A0924
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff3fc; --color-purple-100: #ffe1f7; --color-purple-200: #fcc5ef; --color-purple-300: #e4aad7; --color-purple-400: #cd8ebf; --color-purple-500: #ad70a0; --color-purple-600: #905684; --color-purple-700: #753f6a; --color-purple-800: #5b2c52; --color-purple-900: #421a3b; --color-purple-950: #2a0924;}Is #CD8EBF readable?
Contrast for text on #CD8EBF and for #CD8EBF 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 · 2.6APCA Lc 55 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.4APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9E6392 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.6APCA Lc 50 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.4APCA Lc 51 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #CD8EBF
Six palettes built around #CD8EBF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CD8EBF · #E77F98 · #BF8CE2 · #FFE1DD · #362B33
- Complementary#CD8EBF · #55AC6B · #3DC15C · #FFDFFA · #342C34
- Split complementary#CD8EBF · #96C168 · #00C6AA · #FFCBEA · #32242E
- Triadic#CD8EBF · #CFAF24 · #00BDD8 · #FFE0F7 · #33262F
- Tetradic#CD8EBF · #C78221 · #44C283 · #C7E5FF · #261C22
- Monochromatic#CD8EBF · #C982C6 · #DB61CF · #FFCBFA · #363035
#CD8EBF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CD8EBF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3FC
- Brand 100, #FFE1F7
- Brand 200, #FCC5EF
- Brand 300, #E4AAD7
- Brand 400, #CD8EBF
- Brand 500, #AD70A0
- Brand 600, #905684
- Brand 700, #753F6A
- Brand 800, #5B2C52
- Brand 900, #421A3B
- Brand 950, #2A0924
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D7D2D6
- Neutral 400, #A69EA4
- Neutral 500, #797076
- Neutral 600, #595157
- Neutral 700, #453E43
- Neutral 800, #2C262A
- Neutral 900, #1B161A
- Neutral 950, #0D080C
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #62A154
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #E6A150
- 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, #D35154
- 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, #5187CC
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 7.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 7.8:1.
- 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 #CD8EBF
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