Light purple
#E3A4EC
#E3A4EC is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#E3A4EC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E3A4EC kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FEF3FF
- 100 FBE1FF
- 200 F8C4FF
- 300 E3A4EC
- 400 C58ACE
- 500 A96EB2
- 600 8D5495
- 700 723D7A
- 800 592960
- 900 401746
- 950 28072D
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fef3ff; --color-purple-100: #fbe1ff; --color-purple-200: #f8c4ff; --color-purple-300: #e3a4ec; --color-purple-400: #c58ace; --color-purple-500: #a96eb2; --color-purple-600: #8d5495; --color-purple-700: #723d7a; --color-purple-800: #592960; --color-purple-900: #401746; --color-purple-950: #28072d;}Is #E3A4EC readable?
Contrast for text on #E3A4EC and for #E3A4EC 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 42 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.7APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9C61A4 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.9APCA Lc 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.7APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #E3A4EC
Six palettes built around #E3A4EC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#E3A4EC · #CE849D · #B599FF · #FFCFD1 · #281E28
- Complementary#E3A4EC · #6AA75C · #7DC06C · #F3D9FF · #2D222E
- Split complementary#E3A4EC · #C6B05E · #00BAA4 · #FDDFFF · #382C37
- Triadic#E3A4EC · #D2AC43 · #00C6C6 · #FFC7F9 · #312D31
- Tetradic#E3A4EC · #B67142 · #57B316 · #B3E5FF · #352F36
- Monochromatic#E3A4EC · #B67CC3 · #E27EE7 · #F5DAFF · #322B32
#E3A4EC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #E3A4EC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FEF3FF
- Brand 100, #FBE1FF
- Brand 200, #F8C4FF
- Brand 300, #E3A4EC
- Brand 400, #C58ACE
- Brand 500, #A96EB2
- Brand 600, #8D5495
- Brand 700, #723D7A
- Brand 800, #592960
- Brand 900, #401746
- Brand 950, #28072D
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A49FA5
- Neutral 500, #777178
- Neutral 600, #585259
- Neutral 700, #443E44
- Neutral 800, #2B262B
- Neutral 900, #1B161B
- Neutral 950, #0D090D
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #94F0C0
- Success 300, #70D8A4
- Success 400, #48BC86
- Success 500, #2BAB75
- 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, #EFA44B
- Warning 400, #D9923A
- Warning 500, #BC7506
- 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, #FC7071
- Danger 500, #D84C51
- Danger 600, #BD333C
- Danger 700, #9D1627
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #6CA6EF
- Info 500, #4D88D1
- Info 600, #346EB5
- Info 700, #1E5597
- Info 800, #093F79
- Info 900, #002A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.2:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.2:1.
- 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 #E3A4EC
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