Light purple
#EDCAFA
#EDCAFA is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.0:1. On white it reaches only 1.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#EDCAFA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EDCAFA kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FCF3FF
- 100 F7E3FF
- 200 EDCAFA
- 300 D1B2DD
- 400 B695C2
- 500 9A7AA6
- 600 7F608A
- 700 654970
- 800 4E3457
- 900 37213F
- 950 211027
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f7e3ff; --color-purple-200: #edcafa; --color-purple-300: #d1b2dd; --color-purple-400: #b695c2; --color-purple-500: #9a7aa6; --color-purple-600: #7f608a; --color-purple-700: #654970; --color-purple-800: #4e3457; --color-purple-900: #37213f; --color-purple-950: #211027;}Is #EDCAFA readable?
Contrast for text on #EDCAFA and for #EDCAFA 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 · 1.5APCA Lc 25 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.0APCA Lc 81 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8B6B97 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.5APCA Lc 22 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.0APCA Lc 81 · Body text
Color palettes with #EDCAFA
Six palettes built around #EDCAFA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EDCAFA · #AD6794 · #B5AAFF · #FFE1DF · #352F39
- Complementary#EDCAFA · #67994F · #7CC55F · #F0D7FF · #241F26
- Split complementary#EDCAFA · #C3B16C · #00BB98 · #F0DAFF · #382F3C
- Triadic#EDCAFA · #E2A34F · #00CAC3 · #FCD7FF · #261E2C
- Tetradic#EDCAFA · #C27E61 · #91C367 · #A4DFFF · #302B33
- Monochromatic#EDCAFA · #B781DF · #CB81D4 · #E9CAFF · #342E3A
#EDCAFA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EDCAFA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F7E3FF
- Brand 200, #EDCAFA
- Brand 300, #D1B2DD
- Brand 400, #B695C2
- Brand 500, #9A7AA6
- Brand 600, #7F608A
- Brand 700, #654970
- Brand 800, #4E3457
- Brand 900, #37213F
- Brand 950, #211027
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A49FA6
- Neutral 500, #777179
- 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, #F1AB5A
- 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 13.6:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 13.6:1.
- 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 #EDCAFA
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