Light purple
#E2BAEB
#E2BAEB 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.
#E2BAEB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E2BAEB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FDF3FF
- 100 FAE2FF
- 200 EDCCF4
- 300 E2BAEB
- 400 B994C1
- 500 9D78A6
- 600 825E8A
- 700 68476F
- 800 503357
- 900 39203F
- 950 230F27
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fdf3ff; --color-purple-100: #fae2ff; --color-purple-200: #edccf4; --color-purple-300: #e2baeb; --color-purple-400: #b994c1; --color-purple-500: #9d78a6; --color-purple-600: #825e8a; --color-purple-700: #68476f; --color-purple-800: #503357; --color-purple-900: #39203f; --color-purple-950: #230f27;}Is #E2BAEB readable?
Contrast for text on #E2BAEB and for #E2BAEB 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: #8E6A97 · 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 #E2BAEB
Six palettes built around #E2BAEB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#E2BAEB · #B07198 · #BBA3FF · #FFD2D3 · #242026
- Complementary#E2BAEB · #74AA66 · #6FB060 · #FACAFF · #302933
- Split complementary#E2BAEB · #C3B16B · #00C3A5 · #FDDCFF · #2E272F
- Triadic#E2BAEB · #D4AA52 · #00AFAF · #F0CBF0 · #28212C
- Tetradic#E2BAEB · #B0774A · #86C74D · #A7E4FF · #2F2630
- Monochromatic#E2BAEB · #B97DCE · #C58AE6 · #ECC7F6 · #2B232C
#E2BAEB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #E2BAEB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FDF3FF
- Brand 100, #FAE2FF
- Brand 200, #EDCCF4
- Brand 300, #E2BAEB
- Brand 400, #B994C1
- Brand 500, #9D78A6
- Brand 600, #825E8A
- Brand 700, #68476F
- Brand 800, #503357
- Brand 900, #39203F
- Brand 950, #230F27
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A49FA5
- Neutral 500, #777178
- Neutral 600, #585259
- Neutral 700, #433E45
- Neutral 800, #2B262C
- Neutral 900, #1A161B
- 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, #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 11.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.7:1.
- 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 #E2BAEB
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