Light purple
#D5AAFF
#D5AAFF 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.
#D5AAFF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #D5AAFF 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 E5CDFF
- 300 D5AAFF
- 400 B78EDE
- 500 9B72C2
- 600 8058A5
- 700 674088
- 800 4F2C6C
- 900 381A51
- 950 220935
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #f9f4ff; --color-purple-100: #f1e5ff; --color-purple-200: #e5cdff; --color-purple-300: #d5aaff; --color-purple-400: #b78ede; --color-purple-500: #9b72c2; --color-purple-600: #8058a5; --color-purple-700: #674088; --color-purple-800: #4f2c6c; --color-purple-900: #381a51; --color-purple-950: #220935;}Is #D5AAFF readable?
Contrast for text on #D5AAFF and for #D5AAFF 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 41 · 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: #8E64B4 · 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 #D5AAFF
Six palettes built around #D5AAFF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#D5AAFF · #B575B0 · #8E9FFF · #FFCBD3 · #302A35
- Complementary#D5AAFF · #94C262 · #87C823 · #E1D0FF · #2D2632
- Split complementary#D5AAFF · #CBB03F · #4BBF8A · #E8DEFF · #342B39
- Triadic#D5AAFF · #B36E21 · #00CBC2 · #ECE4FF · #29212F
- Tetradic#D5AAFF · #C66E5E · #89C562 · #C3EFFF · #27232F
- Monochromatic#D5AAFF · #A990D5 · #BE76E6 · #EBD8FF · #332D3D
#D5AAFF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #D5AAFF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F9F4FF
- Brand 100, #F1E5FF
- Brand 200, #E5CDFF
- Brand 300, #D5AAFF
- Brand 400, #B78EDE
- Brand 500, #9B72C2
- Brand 600, #8058A5
- Brand 700, #674088
- Brand 800, #4F2C6C
- Brand 900, #381A51
- Brand 950, #220935
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, #90F1BF
- Success 300, #6BD9A3
- Success 400, #40BD85
- Success 500, #1FAC73
- 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, #F1A445
- Warning 400, #DB9133
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- 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, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #DB484E
- Danger 600, #C02E3A
- Danger 700, #A00D24
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #69A6F2
- Info 500, #4A88D5
- Info 600, #316EB8
- Info 700, #1A5599
- Info 800, #043E7C
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.4:1.
- 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 #D5AAFF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.