Light purple
#DEB3DC
#DEB3DC is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DEB3DC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DEB3DC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF2FE
- 100 FFE0FD
- 200 F0CCEE
- 300 DEB3DC
- 400 BC94BA
- 500 A0789F
- 600 845E83
- 700 6A4769
- 800 523351
- 900 3B203A
- 950 240F24
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff2fe; --color-purple-100: #ffe0fd; --color-purple-200: #f0ccee; --color-purple-300: #deb3dc; --color-purple-400: #bc94ba; --color-purple-500: #a0789f; --color-purple-600: #845e83; --color-purple-700: #6a4769; --color-purple-800: #523351; --color-purple-900: #3b203a; --color-purple-950: #240f24;}Is #DEB3DC readable?
Contrast for text on #DEB3DC and for #DEB3DC 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 · 10.4APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #916A8F · 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 · 10.4APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DEB3DC
Six palettes built around #DEB3DC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DEB3DC · #B46581 · #A38BFF · #FFDCD6 · #322933
- Complementary#DEB3DC · #5A9156 · #50B653 · #FFBEF2 · #382D37
- Split complementary#DEB3DC · #9ABF73 · #39D3AF · #FFD6F6 · #362935
- Triadic#DEB3DC · #D5AA4F · #00CAEB · #FDCCFE · #272127
- Tetradic#DEB3DC · #C3815B · #6BBA6A · #C1EAFF · #2E2430
- Monochromatic#DEB3DC · #AD6AB6 · #DD66C8 · #FFD3F6 · #292429
#DEB3DC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DEB3DC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF2FE
- Brand 100, #FFE0FD
- Brand 200, #F0CCEE
- Brand 300, #DEB3DC
- Brand 400, #BC94BA
- Brand 500, #A0789F
- Brand 600, #845E83
- Brand 700, #6A4769
- Brand 800, #523351
- Brand 900, #3B203A
- Brand 950, #240F24
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D2D7
- Neutral 400, #A59EA5
- Neutral 500, #787177
- 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, #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 #DEB3DC
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.