#8E81BBViolet

#8E81BB is a violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium violet, and it is also commonly known as Violet, Amethyst. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#8E81BB
CSS Namelightslategray (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f5f5f9
100#eae8f2
200#dad6ea
300#c2bbdf
400#a499cd
500#8e80bd
600#7c6fa9
700#675b90
800#564b79
900#493f67
950#2a243e

Accessibility

Contrast on white
3.50:1
Contrast on black
6.01:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.006 294.1); /* #f5f5f9 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.014 294.1); /* #eae8f2 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.028 294.1); /* #dad6ea */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.051 294.1); /* #c2bbdf */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.076 294.1); /* #a499cd */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.091 294.1); /* #8e80bd */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.089 294.1); /* #7c6fa9 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.084 294.1); /* #675b90 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.075 294.1); /* #564b79 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.067 294.1); /* #493f67 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.047 294.1); /* #2a243e */
}

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