Light purple
#CFB4DB
#CFB4DB 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.
#CFB4DB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #CFB4DB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FBF3FF
- 100 F6E3FF
- 200 E6D0F0
- 300 CFB4DB
- 400 B298BD
- 500 967DA1
- 600 7B6386
- 700 624B6C
- 800 4B3753
- 900 35243C
- 950 1F1225
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fbf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f6e3ff; --color-purple-200: #e6d0f0; --color-purple-300: #cfb4db; --color-purple-400: #b298bd; --color-purple-500: #967da1; --color-purple-600: #7b6386; --color-purple-700: #624b6c; --color-purple-800: #4b3753; --color-purple-900: #35243c; --color-purple-950: #1f1225;}Is #CFB4DB readable?
Contrast for text on #CFB4DB and for #CFB4DB 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: #866E91 · 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 #CFB4DB
Six palettes built around #CFB4DB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#CFB4DB · #B06C9A · #828AFF · #FFD7D8 · #322936
- Complementary#CFB4DB · #65A95C · #91C454 · #F6CDFA · #251D2B
- Split complementary#CFB4DB · #CCAF38 · #23C37F · #EAD4FF · #241B29
- Triadic#CFB4DB · #AE7B3E · #00AEB3 · #F0D8FF · #2E2734
- Tetradic#CFB4DB · #DC885E · #87C822 · #98E1FF · #241E26
- Monochromatic#CFB4DB · #A46AC1 · #C877D6 · #F2D3FD · #231D26
#CFB4DB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #CFB4DB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FBF3FF
- Brand 100, #F6E3FF
- Brand 200, #E6D0F0
- Brand 300, #CFB4DB
- Brand 400, #B298BD
- Brand 500, #967DA1
- Brand 600, #7B6386
- Brand 700, #624B6C
- Brand 800, #4B3753
- Brand 900, #35243C
- Brand 950, #1F1225
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A49FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #575259
- Neutral 700, #433E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161C
- 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 #CFB4DB
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.