Light purple
#DFBBEE
#DFBBEE is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.2:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#DFBBEE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #DFBBEE 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 EACDF7
- 300 DFBBEE
- 400 B695C4
- 500 9B79A8
- 600 7F5F8C
- 700 664872
- 800 4E3359
- 900 372140
- 950 221028
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f7e3ff; --color-purple-200: #eacdf7; --color-purple-300: #dfbbee; --color-purple-400: #b695c4; --color-purple-500: #9b79a8; --color-purple-600: #7f5f8c; --color-purple-700: #664872; --color-purple-800: #4e3359; --color-purple-900: #372140; --color-purple-950: #221028;}Is #DFBBEE readable?
Contrast for text on #DFBBEE and for #DFBBEE 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.2APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8C6A99 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 30 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.2APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #DFBBEE
Six palettes built around #DFBBEE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#DFBBEE · #BA7A9C · #9B85FF · #FDC6C7 · #2C262D
- Complementary#DFBBEE · #559852 · #7BBD59 · #F3D3FF · #363039
- Split complementary#DFBBEE · #9EBD7E · #00B493 · #EDDAFF · #342E36
- Triadic#DFBBEE · #CA8B38 · #00D3DE · #EFC7FC · #342F36
- Tetradic#DFBBEE · #CF8154 · #8FCC63 · #B7E5FF · #2D252E
- Monochromatic#DFBBEE · #C586E1 · #C67ECD · #F4C1FE · #282029
#DFBBEE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #DFBBEE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F7E3FF
- Brand 200, #EACDF7
- Brand 300, #DFBBEE
- Brand 400, #B695C4
- Brand 500, #9B79A8
- Brand 600, #7F5F8C
- Brand 700, #664872
- Brand 800, #4E3359
- Brand 900, #372140
- Brand 950, #221028
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D7
- 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, #EEA857
- 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 11.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.8:1.
- 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 #DFBBEE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.