Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind violet-300 #C4B5FD
Tailwind CSS v3's violet-300 is #C4B5FD. It is a light soft violet in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.811, chroma 0.101 and hue 293.6°. The nearest CSS named color is lightsteelblue (#B0C4DE), ΔE2000 10.8 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.5188
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.811 · 0.101 · 293.6
- Best text
- Black 11.37:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#C4B5FD color codes
- HEX
#C4B5FD- RGB
rgb(196, 181, 253)- HSL
hsl(252, 95%, 85%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.811 0.101 293.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.811 0.041 -0.093)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 77.21, a* 19.93, b* -33.65- XYZ (D65)
X 57.01, Y 51.87, Z 99.92- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(23%, 28%, 0%, 1%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #C4B5FD accessible?
Black text on it reaches 11.37:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.84:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
11.37:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +69
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White text on it
1.84:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −38
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As text on black
11.37:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −67
-
As text on white
1.84:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +34
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#7C6DAF 4.50:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.81 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#C4B5FD 11.37:1
It already reaches 11.37:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #C4B5FD live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #C4B5FD
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #C4B5FD sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 violet scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #C4B5FD can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.105; #C4B5FD uses 97% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.115 there: 10% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.101
- sRGB edge
- 0.105
- Display P3 edge
- 0.115
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.117
- Dominant wavelength
- 448 nm
- Excitation purity
- 26%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2730, y 0.2484
- This color#C4B5FD
- Most vivid in sRGB#C4B4FF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.811 0.115 293.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #c4b5fd;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7593 0.7042 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #C4B5FD
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#E2DAFE
- OKLab50%#E1DAFF
- OKLCH50%#E1DAFF
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#625B7F
- OKLab50%#4A4462
- OKLCH50%#4A4462
Its complement #C1C97B
- sRGB50%#C3BFBC
- OKLab50%#C1C1C1
- OKLCH50%#FCA7A2
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #c4b5fd, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #c4b5fd 50%, white);In use
#C4B5FD in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:111.37:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.84:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.84:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.84:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7C6DAF 4.50:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:111.37:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:110.14:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:110.14:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:110.14:1 Passes
Color vision
How #C4B5FD looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.7; deuteranopia changes it least, 9.8.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#A4BFFF ΔE2000 10.4
Distinct
Reads as light muted blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#A5BEFB ΔE2000 9.8
Noticeable
Reads as light muted blue
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#B8C1CF ΔE2000 13.6
Distinct
Reads as light grayish blue
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#BFBFBF ΔE2000 21.7
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #C1C97B. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #C4B5FD · #C1C97B | 52.6 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #A4BFFF · #D4C275 | 45.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #A5BEFB · #D3C47F | 43.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #B8C1CF · #CAC1B6 | 12.8 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #BFBFBF · #C3C3C3 | 1.0 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #C4B5FD
Its complement is #C1C97B, a light soft yellow.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#C4B5FD
- Complement#C1C97B
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#A2C1FF
- Base#C4B5FD
- +30°#E2ABE7
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C4B5FD
- +120°#F5AF82
- +240°#75D7BC
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#C4B5FD
- +150°#E1BC73
- +210°#9AD397
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-violet-300: #c4b5fd;
}// tailwind.config.js — already built in as violet-300;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
violet: { 300: '#c4b5fd' },
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own violet-300; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-violet-300: oklch(0.811 0.101 293.6);
}{
"color": {
"violet-300": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.7686, 0.7098, 0.9922],
"hex": "#c4b5fd"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 violet-300"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let violet300 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.769, green: 0.710, blue: 0.992, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Violet300 = Color(0xFFC4B5FD)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #C4B5FD in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.