Light purple
#ECBDEE
#ECBDEE is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ECBDEE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ECBDEE kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF2FF
- 100 FEE0FF
- 200 ECBDEE
- 300 D9AFDB
- 400 BD92BF
- 500 A276A4
- 600 865C88
- 700 6B456E
- 800 533155
- 900 3B1F3D
- 950 250E26
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff2ff; --color-purple-100: #fee0ff; --color-purple-200: #ecbdee; --color-purple-300: #d9afdb; --color-purple-400: #bd92bf; --color-purple-500: #a276a4; --color-purple-600: #865c88; --color-purple-700: #6b456e; --color-purple-800: #533155; --color-purple-900: #3b1f3d; --color-purple-950: #250e26;}Is #ECBDEE readable?
Contrast for text on #ECBDEE and for #ECBDEE 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 · 1.6APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.7APCA Lc 76 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #936895 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.6APCA Lc 27 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.7APCA Lc 75 · Body text
Color palettes with #ECBDEE
Six palettes built around #ECBDEE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ECBDEE · #C3597F · #B395FD · #FFCCCB · #2F2A2F
- Complementary#ECBDEE · #5A9A69 · #50B471 · #EECAEF · #352C34
- Split complementary#ECBDEE · #C4B166 · #00B19E · #EFC4EE · #332A37
- Triadic#ECBDEE · #CFAC68 · #00BBC4 · #FACDF3 · #342B35
- Tetradic#ECBDEE · #D67437 · #46B961 · #B7E6FF · #2D262C
- Monochromatic#ECBDEE · #B77AB0 · #DC7BDB · #F9C3F6 · #382D3B
#ECBDEE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ECBDEE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF2FF
- Brand 100, #FEE0FF
- Brand 200, #ECBDEE
- Brand 300, #D9AFDB
- Brand 400, #BD92BF
- Brand 500, #A276A4
- Brand 600, #865C88
- Brand 700, #6B456E
- Brand 800, #533155
- Brand 900, #3B1F3D
- Brand 950, #250E26
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A59EA5
- Neutral 500, #787178
- Neutral 600, #585258
- Neutral 700, #443E44
- Neutral 800, #2B262B
- Neutral 900, #1B161B
- Neutral 950, #0D080D
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, #EFA958
- 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 200 with neutral 950 text, at 12.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 12.4:1.
- 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 #ECBDEE
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.