Light purple
#DFB5EE
#DFB5EE is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.8:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DFB5EE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DFB5EE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FCF3FF
- 100 F7E3FF
- 200 EDCBFA
- 300 DFB5EE
- 400 BA92C8
- 500 9E76AC
- 600 825C8F
- 700 684575
- 800 51315B
- 900 391F42
- 950 230E2A
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f7e3ff; --color-purple-200: #edcbfa; --color-purple-300: #dfb5ee; --color-purple-400: #ba92c8; --color-purple-500: #9e76ac; --color-purple-600: #825c8f; --color-purple-700: #684575; --color-purple-800: #51315b; --color-purple-900: #391f42; --color-purple-950: #230e2a;}Is #DFB5EE readable?
Contrast for text on #DFB5EE and for #DFB5EE 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 36 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.8APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8F689D · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 32 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.8APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DFB5EE
Six palettes built around #DFB5EE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DFB5EE · #DE7DAC · #B9A2FF · #FFD1D7 · #221D25
- Complementary#DFB5EE · #7AAA6C · #81CC7C · #F4DFFF · #29202C
- Split complementary#DFB5EE · #C3B16A · #00D3B0 · #F6C2FC · #2F2933
- Triadic#DFB5EE · #D9A763 · #00CCCF · #F6C4FC · #2B262E
- Tetradic#DFB5EE · #DC8B6E · #3DB848 · #ACE8FF · #231D26
- Monochromatic#DFB5EE · #BD85C1 · #CD6EEB · #FDD0FF · #312934
#DFB5EE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DFB5EE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F7E3FF
- Brand 200, #EDCBFA
- Brand 300, #DFB5EE
- Brand 400, #BA92C8
- Brand 500, #9E76AC
- Brand 600, #825C8F
- Brand 700, #684575
- Brand 800, #51315B
- Brand 900, #391F42
- Brand 950, #230E2A
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, #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 11.3:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.3:1.
- 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 #DFB5EE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.