Light purple
#DCB4EF
#DCB4EF is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.6:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DCB4EF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DCB4EF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FBF4FF
- 100 F6E3FF
- 200 ECCBFC
- 300 DCB4EF
- 400 B892CA
- 500 9C77AE
- 600 815D92
- 700 674676
- 800 4F315D
- 900 381F44
- 950 220E2B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fbf4ff; --color-purple-100: #f6e3ff; --color-purple-200: #eccbfc; --color-purple-300: #dcb4ef; --color-purple-400: #b892ca; --color-purple-500: #9c77ae; --color-purple-600: #815d92; --color-purple-700: #674676; --color-purple-800: #4f315d; --color-purple-900: #381f44; --color-purple-950: #220e2b;}Is #DCB4EF readable?
Contrast for text on #DCB4EF and for #DCB4EF 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 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.6APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8E689F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DCB4EF
Six palettes built around #DCB4EF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DCB4EF · #C66194 · #A1A5FF · #FFD3D2 · #29212E
- Complementary#DCB4EF · #75AD66 · #97CE55 · #F0C7FD · #262127
- Split complementary#DCB4EF · #CEAF25 · #00CD96 · #EFC2FC · #2C212E
- Triadic#DCB4EF · #DCA741 · #00C5C3 · #FADFFF · #2B2231
- Tetradic#DCB4EF · #C66640 · #80C873 · #ABE6FE · #29262D
- Monochromatic#DCB4EF · #B97ED4 · #D090EF · #EBCEFF · #221E24
#DCB4EF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DCB4EF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FBF4FF
- Brand 100, #F6E3FF
- Brand 200, #ECCBFC
- Brand 300, #DCB4EF
- Brand 400, #B892CA
- Brand 500, #9C77AE
- Brand 600, #815D92
- Brand 700, #674676
- Brand 800, #4F315D
- Brand 900, #381F44
- Brand 950, #220E2B
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, #EDA756
- 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 11.1:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.1:1.
- 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 #DCB4EF
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