Light purple
#E5ABCD
#E5ABCD is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.9:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#E5ABCD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E5ABCD kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3FA
- 100 FFE1F2
- 200 F9C8E5
- 300 E5ABCD
- 400 C690B0
- 500 AA7494
- 600 8E5A79
- 700 734360
- 800 592F4A
- 900 401D34
- 950 280D1F
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff3fa; --color-purple-100: #ffe1f2; --color-purple-200: #f9c8e5; --color-purple-300: #e5abcd; --color-purple-400: #c690b0; --color-purple-500: #aa7494; --color-purple-600: #8e5a79; --color-purple-700: #734360; --color-purple-800: #592f4a; --color-purple-900: #401d34; --color-purple-950: #280d1f;}Is #E5ABCD readable?
Contrast for text on #E5ABCD and for #E5ABCD 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 · 9.9APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #9C6686 · 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 · 9.9APCA Lc 66 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #E5ABCD
Six palettes built around #E5ABCD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#E5ABCD · #DE6B7E · #E482FC · #FFDFD2 · #32282D
- Complementary#E5ABCD · #5AA67C · #00D28E · #FFDDEC · #322C2F
- Split complementary#E5ABCD · #71B75E · #00C8CE · #FFC8EA · #32262C
- Triadic#E5ABCD · #C3B16B · #00ADD4 · #FFD3E9 · #30262C
- Tetradic#E5ABCD · #DD912B · #1EC28F · #BBD7FF · #3B2E37
- Monochromatic#E5ABCD · #CC6EAF · #EA75C5 · #FFC1F0 · #282024
#E5ABCD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #E5ABCD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3FA
- Brand 100, #FFE1F2
- Brand 200, #F9C8E5
- Brand 300, #E5ABCD
- Brand 400, #C690B0
- Brand 500, #AA7494
- Brand 600, #8E5A79
- Brand 700, #734360
- Brand 800, #592F4A
- Brand 900, #401D34
- Brand 950, #280D1F
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F4
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D5
- Neutral 400, #A69EA3
- Neutral 500, #797075
- Neutral 600, #5A5156
- Neutral 700, #453E42
- Neutral 800, #2C2629
- Neutral 900, #1C1619
- Neutral 950, #0E080B
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 10.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.4:1.
- 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 #E5ABCD
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.