Light purple
#EFC8FD
#EFC8FD is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 12.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#EFC8FD shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EFC8FD 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 EFC8FD
- 300 D3B1E0
- 400 B894C5
- 500 9C78A9
- 600 815E8D
- 700 674772
- 800 4F3359
- 900 382041
- 950 220F29
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f7e3ff; --color-purple-200: #efc8fd; --color-purple-300: #d3b1e0; --color-purple-400: #b894c5; --color-purple-500: #9c78a9; --color-purple-600: #815e8d; --color-purple-700: #674772; --color-purple-800: #4f3359; --color-purple-900: #382041; --color-purple-950: #220f29;}Is #EFC8FD readable?
Contrast for text on #EFC8FD and for #EFC8FD 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 · 12.9APCA Lc 81 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8D6A9A · 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 · 12.9APCA Lc 81 · Body text
Color palettes with #EFC8FD
Six palettes built around #EFC8FD, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EFC8FD · #C75C8F · #A3A6FF · #FFD4D4 · #241D25
- Complementary#EFC8FD · #92C175 · #70D665 · #F7CFFF · #271D2A
- Split complementary#EFC8FD · #CAB04A · #00CD96 · #F8BDFF · #342A36
- Triadic#EFC8FD · #D3AA65 · #00C4CB · #F5DCFF · #27212A
- Tetradic#EFC8FD · #C88662 · #86C81D · #D3EFFF · #322837
- Monochromatic#EFC8FD · #BA8ADC · #E187ED · #F3D4FF · #312633
#EFC8FD as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EFC8FD looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F7E3FF
- Brand 200, #EFC8FD
- Brand 300, #D3B1E0
- Brand 400, #B894C5
- Brand 500, #9C78A9
- Brand 600, #815E8D
- Brand 700, #674772
- Brand 800, #4F3359
- Brand 900, #382041
- Brand 950, #220F29
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 13.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 13.5:1.
- 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 #EFC8FD
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