Light muted purple
#EFCDEF
#EFCDEF is a light muted purple with low intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#EFCDEF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #EFCDEF kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF2FF
- 100 FBE2FB
- 200 EFCDEF
- 300 D2B4D2
- 400 B697B6
- 500 9B7C9B
- 600 7F6280
- 700 664A66
- 800 4E364E
- 900 372338
- 950 211222
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff2ff; --color-purple-100: #fbe2fb; --color-purple-200: #efcdef; --color-purple-300: #d2b4d2; --color-purple-400: #b697b6; --color-purple-500: #9b7c9b; --color-purple-600: #7f6280; --color-purple-700: #664a66; --color-purple-800: #4e364e; --color-purple-900: #372338; --color-purple-950: #211222;}Is #EFCDEF readable?
Contrast for text on #EFCDEF and for #EFCDEF 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 · 1.4APCA Lc 24 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.1APCA Lc 82 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #8B6D8C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 21 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.1APCA Lc 82 · Body text
Color palettes with #EFCDEF
Six palettes built around #EFCDEF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#EFCDEF · #B86E86 · #B3A8FF · #FFD4CE · #2C262D
- Complementary#EFCDEF · #65B970 · #5ECB84 · #FFD2F8 · #362D35
- Split complementary#EFCDEF · #98C06D · #00D2BF · #FED0FF · #30282E
- Triadic#EFCDEF · #D9A938 · #00CBD7 · #FFDFFD · #342734
- Tetradic#EFCDEF · #D97F47 · #57BD45 · #D3EFFF · #372D37
- Monochromatic#EFCDEF · #B469B7 · #F18BE8 · #F5D3FF · #252024
#EFCDEF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #EFCDEF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF2FF
- Brand 100, #FBE2FB
- Brand 200, #EFCDEF
- Brand 300, #D2B4D2
- Brand 400, #B697B6
- Brand 500, #9B7C9B
- Brand 600, #7F6280
- Brand 700, #664A66
- Brand 800, #4E364E
- Brand 900, #372338
- Brand 950, #211222
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, #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 13.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 13.9:1.
- 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 #EFCDEF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.