Light purple
#DCABFE
#DCABFE is a light purple with medium 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.
#DCABFE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DCABFE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FAF4FF
- 100 F4E4FF
- 200 E9CCFF
- 300 DCABFE
- 400 BB8DDB
- 500 9F71BF
- 600 8456A2
- 700 6A3F85
- 800 522B6A
- 900 3B194E
- 950 240833
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #faf4ff; --color-purple-100: #f4e4ff; --color-purple-200: #e9ccff; --color-purple-300: #dcabfe; --color-purple-400: #bb8ddb; --color-purple-500: #9f71bf; --color-purple-600: #8456a2; --color-purple-700: #6a3f85; --color-purple-800: #522b6a; --color-purple-900: #3b194e; --color-purple-950: #240833;}Is #DCABFE readable?
Contrast for text on #DCABFE and for #DCABFE 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 39 · 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: #9263B1 · 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 #DCABFE
Six palettes built around #DCABFE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DCABFE · #CD89B3 · #958DFF · #FFDFE2 · #28212C
- Complementary#DCABFE · #8EC45B · #96C95D · #EAD0FF · #343037
- Split complementary#DCABFE · #CAB04B · #35CA81 · #EDDDFF · #312C34
- Triadic#DCABFE · #B17F4C · #00BDB6 · #F0CFFF · #241C27
- Tetradic#DCABFE · #E97E63 · #93C35E · #AEEEFF · #29232E
- Monochromatic#DCABFE · #A37CC7 · #CA87E8 · #EEC7FA · #332F35
#DCABFE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DCABFE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FAF4FF
- Brand 100, #F4E4FF
- Brand 200, #E9CCFF
- Brand 300, #DCABFE
- Brand 400, #BB8DDB
- Brand 500, #9F71BF
- Brand 600, #8456A2
- Brand 700, #6A3F85
- Brand 800, #522B6A
- Brand 900, #3B194E
- Brand 950, #240833
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D8
- Neutral 400, #A39FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- Neutral 600, #56525A
- Neutral 700, #423E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #91F1BF
- Success 300, #6BD9A3
- Success 400, #41BD85
- Success 500, #20AC74
- 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, #F2A446
- 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, #DB484F
- Danger 600, #C02E3A
- Danger 700, #9F0E24
- 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, #4A88D4
- Info 600, #316EB7
- Info 700, #1A5599
- Info 800, #043E7C
- Info 900, #002A59
- 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 #DCABFE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.