Light purple
#DBB3DC
#DBB3DC is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.3:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DBB3DC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DBB3DC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF2FF
- 100 FEE0FF
- 200 EECCEF
- 300 DBB3DC
- 400 BA94BB
- 500 9E799F
- 600 835F84
- 700 69486A
- 800 513452
- 900 39213B
- 950 231024
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff2ff; --color-purple-100: #fee0ff; --color-purple-200: #eeccef; --color-purple-300: #dbb3dc; --color-purple-400: #ba94bb; --color-purple-500: #9e799f; --color-purple-600: #835f84; --color-purple-700: #69486a; --color-purple-800: #513452; --color-purple-900: #39213b; --color-purple-950: #231024;}Is #DBB3DC readable?
Contrast for text on #DBB3DC and for #DBB3DC 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 · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8F6A90 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.3APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DBB3DC
Six palettes built around #DBB3DC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DBB3DC · #D47B93 · #B285FE · #FFD6CE · #382D3B
- Complementary#DBB3DC · #469942 · #5CD46F · #FFE0FA · #261F28
- Split complementary#DBB3DC · #95C264 · #00C5AD · #F6C9FF · #363136
- Triadic#DBB3DC · #D9A84E · #00C0CF · #F7C1FC · #2C242A
- Tetradic#DBB3DC · #B37451 · #4AC376 · #ACDEFF · #352C33
- Monochromatic#DBB3DC · #C88FBE · #CA6AE3 · #F0C6EC · #2B1F2A
#DBB3DC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DBB3DC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF2FF
- Brand 100, #FEE0FF
- Brand 200, #EECCEF
- Brand 300, #DBB3DC
- Brand 400, #BA94BB
- Brand 500, #9E799F
- Brand 600, #835F84
- Brand 700, #69486A
- Brand 800, #513452
- Brand 900, #39213B
- Brand 950, #231024
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A59EA5
- Neutral 500, #787178
- Neutral 600, #585258
- Neutral 700, #443E44
- Neutral 800, #2B262B
- Neutral 900, #1B161B
- Neutral 950, #0D080D
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, #ECA756
- 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 10.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.9:1.
- 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 #DBB3DC
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.