Light purple
#DFAECF
#DFAECF is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.0:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DFAECF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DFAECF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3FB
- 100 FFE1F5
- 200 F4CBE6
- 300 DFAECF
- 400 C193B2
- 500 A57796
- 600 895D7B
- 700 6E4662
- 800 55324B
- 900 3D2035
- 950 260F20
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff3fb; --color-purple-100: #ffe1f5; --color-purple-200: #f4cbe6; --color-purple-300: #dfaecf; --color-purple-400: #c193b2; --color-purple-500: #a57796; --color-purple-600: #895d7b; --color-purple-700: #6e4662; --color-purple-800: #55324b; --color-purple-900: #3d2035; --color-purple-950: #260f20;}Is #DFAECF readable?
Contrast for text on #DFAECF and for #DFAECF 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 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.0APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #956987 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.0APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DFAECF
Six palettes built around #DFAECF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DFAECF · #E37B8F · #BA82D7 · #FFE2D8 · #272124
- Complementary#DFAECF · #17AE7C · #00C18C · #FFD0EA · #2C2528
- Split complementary#DFAECF · #9CBE79 · #00B1A3 · #FFD4ED · #251F24
- Triadic#DFAECF · #C9B04F · #00AFCE · #FFBFE6 · #322A2E
- Tetradic#DFAECF · #B07E46 · #09C177 · #DAEEFF · #372933
- Monochromatic#DFAECF · #B574AC · #E883C6 · #FFCEED · #241F22
#DFAECF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DFAECF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3FB
- Brand 100, #FFE1F5
- Brand 200, #F4CBE6
- Brand 300, #DFAECF
- Brand 400, #C193B2
- Brand 500, #A57796
- Brand 600, #895D7B
- Brand 700, #6E4662
- Brand 800, #55324B
- Brand 900, #3D2035
- Brand 950, #260F20
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D6
- Neutral 400, #A69EA3
- Neutral 500, #797076
- Neutral 600, #5A5157
- Neutral 700, #453E43
- Neutral 800, #2C262A
- Neutral 900, #1C161A
- Neutral 950, #0E080C
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #ECA655
- 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 10.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.5:1.
- 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 #DFAECF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.