Light purple
#CDB1EB
#CDB1EB is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#CDB1EB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CDB1EB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F9F4FF
- 100 F1E5FF
- 200 E5CEFE
- 300 CDB1EB
- 400 B096CC
- 500 957AB1
- 600 7A6094
- 700 614979
- 800 4A345F
- 900 342145
- 950 1F102C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #f9f4ff; --color-purple-100: #f1e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e5cefe; --color-purple-300: #cdb1eb; --color-purple-400: #b096cc; --color-purple-500: #957ab1; --color-purple-600: #7a6094; --color-purple-700: #614979; --color-purple-800: #4a345f; --color-purple-900: #342145; --color-purple-950: #1f102c;}Is #CDB1EB readable?
Contrast for text on #CDB1EB and for #CDB1EB 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 · 9.9APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #866BA1 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.9APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #CDB1EB
Six palettes built around #CDB1EB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CDB1EB · #DB78B6 · #A4ABFF · #FFD7E1 · #29242D
- Complementary#CDB1EB · #92C358 · #8DD029 · #F2DBFF · #34303B
- Split complementary#CDB1EB · #CFAF23 · #34D76C · #EED3FF · #312837
- Triadic#CDB1EB · #E4A24A · #00C7B9 · #E9CDFB · #352E3A
- Tetradic#CDB1EB · #EE816D · #85CC3E · #94E5FF · #28242C
- Monochromatic#CDB1EB · #9B77D0 · #DC9CFD · #F0E6FF · #252028
#CDB1EB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CDB1EB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F4FF
- Brand 100, #F1E5FF
- Brand 200, #E5CEFE
- Brand 300, #CDB1EB
- Brand 400, #B096CC
- Brand 500, #957AB1
- Brand 600, #7A6094
- Brand 700, #614979
- Brand 800, #4A345F
- Brand 900, #342145
- Brand 950, #1F102C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E8
- Neutral 300, #D5D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA7
- Neutral 500, #75717A
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423F46
- Neutral 800, #29262D
- Neutral 900, #19161C
- 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, #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 10.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.5:1.
- 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 #CDB1EB
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.