Light purple
#EFC8FE
#EFC8FE 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.
#EFC8FE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EFC8FE 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 EFC8FE
- 300 D3B1E1
- 400 B894C5
- 500 9C78AA
- 600 805E8D
- 700 674773
- 800 4F335A
- 900 382041
- 950 220F29
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fcf3ff; --color-purple-100: #f7e3ff; --color-purple-200: #efc8fe; --color-purple-300: #d3b1e1; --color-purple-400: #b894c5; --color-purple-500: #9c78aa; --color-purple-600: #805e8d; --color-purple-700: #674773; --color-purple-800: #4f335a; --color-purple-900: #382041; --color-purple-950: #220f29;}Is #EFC8FE readable?
Contrast for text on #EFC8FE and for #EFC8FE 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 #EFC8FE
Six palettes built around #EFC8FE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EFC8FE · #C777A7 · #BBADFF · #FFD2D1 · #271D2A
- Complementary#EFC8FE · #57964D · #7EC94D · #F7BEFF · #342A36
- Split complementary#EFC8FE · #C5B164 · #00CA9C · #F5DCFF · #27212A
- Triadic#EFC8FE · #D3AA68 · #00C0B7 · #FBE0FF · #322837
- Tetradic#EFC8FE · #E38463 · #69C960 · #B9EAFF · #312633
- Monochromatic#EFC8FE · #A971BB · #D684FF · #F5E0FF · #29212C
#EFC8FE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EFC8FE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FCF3FF
- Brand 100, #F7E3FF
- Brand 200, #EFC8FE
- Brand 300, #D3B1E1
- Brand 400, #B894C5
- Brand 500, #9C78AA
- Brand 600, #805E8D
- Brand 700, #674773
- Brand 800, #4F335A
- Brand 900, #382041
- Brand 950, #220F29
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E6E4E7
- Neutral 300, #D6D3D7
- Neutral 400, #A49FA6
- Neutral 500, #767179
- 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 #EFC8FE
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