Light purple
#F9B4E3
#F9B4E3 is a light purple with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 11.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#F9B4E3 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #F9B4E3 kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF3FB
- 100 FFE1F5
- 200 F9B4E3
- 300 E7A9D3
- 400 CB8BB7
- 500 AF6F9C
- 600 925580
- 700 773F67
- 800 5D2B4F
- 900 431938
- 950 2B0922
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff3fb; --color-purple-100: #ffe1f5; --color-purple-200: #f9b4e3; --color-purple-300: #e7a9d3; --color-purple-400: #cb8bb7; --color-purple-500: #af6f9c; --color-purple-600: #925580; --color-purple-700: #773f67; --color-purple-800: #5d2b4f; --color-purple-900: #431938; --color-purple-950: #2b0922;}Is #F9B4E3 readable?
Contrast for text on #F9B4E3 and for #F9B4E3 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 74 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #A1628E · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 29 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 11.4APCA Lc 73 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #F9B4E3
Six palettes built around #F9B4E3, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#F9B4E3 · #BD6B71 · #BA7DDD · #FFD9CE · #342E31
- Complementary#F9B4E3 · #00B283 · #00C081 · #FFD6EB · #31212A
- Split complementary#F9B4E3 · #8EC460 · #00C6B4 · #FFCBF0 · #302029
- Triadic#F9B4E3 · #C7B05A · #00BFDF · #FFE1F3 · #2B2128
- Tetradic#F9B4E3 · #E4A33B · #00DB95 · #CCE4FF · #2A1A24
- Monochromatic#F9B4E3 · #BE699D · #F58CD1 · #FFDFF0 · #292127
#F9B4E3 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #F9B4E3 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3FB
- Brand 100, #FFE1F5
- Brand 200, #F9B4E3
- Brand 300, #E7A9D3
- Brand 400, #CB8BB7
- Brand 500, #AF6F9C
- Brand 600, #925580
- Brand 700, #773F67
- Brand 800, #5D2B4F
- Brand 900, #431938
- Brand 950, #2B0922
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D6
- Neutral 400, #A69EA3
- Neutral 500, #797076
- Neutral 600, #5A5157
- Neutral 700, #453E42
- Neutral 800, #2C262A
- Neutral 900, #1C161A
- Neutral 950, #0E080C
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
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 12.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 12.0:1.
- 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 #F9B4E3
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.