Light purple
#FDC5EC
#FDC5EC 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.
#FDC5EC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #FDC5EC 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 FDC5EC
- 300 DFAED0
- 400 C490B4
- 500 A87599
- 600 8B5B7E
- 700 714464
- 800 58304D
- 900 3F1E36
- 950 270D21
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-purple-50: #fff3fb; --color-purple-100: #ffe1f5; --color-purple-200: #fdc5ec; --color-purple-300: #dfaed0; --color-purple-400: #c490b4; --color-purple-500: #a87599; --color-purple-600: #8b5b7e; --color-purple-700: #714464; --color-purple-800: #58304d; --color-purple-900: #3f1e36; --color-purple-950: #270d21;}Is #FDC5EC readable?
Contrast for text on #FDC5EC and for #FDC5EC 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: #99678A · 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 #FDC5EC
Six palettes built around #FDC5EC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#FDC5EC · #CC7E8C · #CE88F1 · #FFE0D4 · #3C2C35
- Complementary#FDC5EC · #5EB573 · #23C982 · #FFD3F4 · #2E252A
- Split complementary#FDC5EC · #97C07B · #00D0B9 · #FFDAEF · #342530
- Triadic#FDC5EC · #CCAF37 · #00BCE8 · #FFD2EC · #352C33
- Tetradic#FDC5EC · #DB8A3B · #21C662 · #D3EBFF · #3B2B33
- Monochromatic#FDC5EC · #A96C92 · #E874BC · #FFDAF5 · #252024
#FDC5EC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #FDC5EC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF3FB
- Brand 100, #FFE1F5
- Brand 200, #FDC5EC
- Brand 300, #DFAED0
- Brand 400, #C490B4
- Brand 500, #A87599
- Brand 600, #8B5B7E
- Brand 700, #714464
- Brand 800, #58304D
- Brand 900, #3F1E36
- Brand 950, #270D21
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAFA
- Neutral 100, #F5F3F5
- Neutral 200, #E7E4E6
- Neutral 300, #D8D2D6
- Neutral 400, #A69EA3
- Neutral 500, #797076
- Neutral 600, #595157
- Neutral 700, #453E43
- 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, #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 #FDC5EC
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