Light purple
#DEB2ED
#DEB2ED is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.5:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DEB2ED shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DEB2ED kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FCF3FF
- 100 F8E3FF
- 200 EECAFB
- 300 DEB2ED
- 400 BB91C9
- 500 9F76AD
- 600 835B91
- 700 694476
- 800 51305C
- 900 3A1E43
- 950 240D2B
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f8e3ff; --color-purple-200: #eecafb; --color-purple-300: #deb2ed; --color-purple-400: #bb91c9; --color-purple-500: #9f76ad; --color-purple-600: #835b91; --color-purple-700: #694476; --color-purple-800: #51305c; --color-purple-900: #3a1e43; --color-purple-950: #240d2b;}Is #DEB2ED readable?
Contrast for text on #DEB2ED and for #DEB2ED 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 · 10.5APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #90689E · 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 · 10.5APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DEB2ED
Six palettes built around #DEB2ED, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DEB2ED · #D47BB5 · #ADA3FF · #FFCFD2 · #2B202D
- Complementary#DEB2ED · #639C62 · #48BC42 · #F5E1FF · #2B242B
- Split complementary#DEB2ED · #C8B053 · #52D4A4 · #F1D1FF · #2E222F
- Triadic#DEB2ED · #DBA845 · #00B6BE · #F3E3FF · #332E35
- Tetradic#DEB2ED · #CD7843 · #8BC63B · #B4ECFF · #272127
- Monochromatic#DEB2ED · #BD84E3 · #DB8AFC · #F8DAFF · #2B212C
#DEB2ED as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DEB2ED looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F8E3FF
- Brand 200, #EECAFB
- Brand 300, #DEB2ED
- Brand 400, #BB91C9
- Brand 500, #9F76AD
- Brand 600, #835B91
- Brand 700, #694476
- Brand 800, #51305C
- Brand 900, #3A1E43
- Brand 950, #240D2B
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A49FA6
- Neutral 500, #777179
- Neutral 600, #575259
- Neutral 700, #433E45
- Neutral 800, #2A262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161C
- Neutral 950, #0C090D
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 11.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.0:1.
- 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 #DEB2ED
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.