Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind purple-100 #F3E8FF

Tailwind CSS v3's purple-100 is #F3E8FF. It is a pale grayish violet in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.946, chroma 0.033 and hue 307.2°. The nearest CSS named color is lavender (#E6E6FA), ΔE2000 4.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.8399
OKLCH L · C · h
0.946 · 0.033 · 307.2
Best text
Black 17.79:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#F3E8FF color codes

HEX
#F3E8FF
RGB
rgb(243, 232, 255)
HSL
hsl(269, 100%, 95%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.946 0.033 307.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.946 0.020 -0.026)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 93.45, a* 7.82, b* -9.76
XYZ (D65)
X 83.87, Y 83.99, Z 106.38
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(5%, 9%, 0%, 0%)

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 #F3E8FF accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.79:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.17:1.

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

    17.79:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +94

  • White text on it

    1.17:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −10

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.17:1

  • As text on black

    17.79:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −95

  • As text on white

    1.17:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +8

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.17:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7B7286 4.57:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.95 to 0.57 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #F3E8FF 17.79:1

    It already reaches 17.79:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #F3E8FF 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.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #F3E8FF

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F3E8FF sits at step 100.

  1. 50#F8F2FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.13
  2. 100This color#F3E8FF
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.79
  3. 200#DCD3E7
    White
    1.44
    Black
    14.51
  4. 300#C3B9CE
    White
    1.88
    Black
    11.15
  5. 400#A79DB2
    White
    2.58
    Black
    8.10
  6. 500#8B8196
    White
    3.69
    Black
    5.67
  7. 600#746A7E
    White
    5.11
    Black
    4.10
  8. 700#5D5466
    White
    7.17
    Black
    2.92
  9. 800#443C4C
    White
    10.51
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#2C2534
    White
    14.77
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#19131F
    White
    18.19
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 purple scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#FAF5FF
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100This color#F3E8FF
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.79
  3. 200#E9D5FF
    White
    1.36
    Black
    15.42
  4. 300#D8B4FE
    White
    1.76
    Black
    11.87
  5. 400#C084FC
    White
    2.64
    Black
    7.94
  6. 500#A855F7
    White
    3.95
    Black
    5.30
  7. 600#9333EA
    White
    5.38
    Black
    3.90
  8. 700#7E22CE
    White
    6.98
    Black
    3.00
  9. 800#6B21A8
    White
    8.72
    Black
    2.40
  10. 900#581C87
    White
    10.87
    Black
    1.93
  11. 950#3B0764
    White
    14.99
    Black
    1.40

Gamut

How vivid #F3E8FF can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.033; #F3E8FF uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.036 there: 11% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.033
sRGB edge
0.033
Display P3 edge
0.036
Rec. 2020 edge
0.037
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 563 nm
Excitation purity
7%
Chromaticity
x 0.3058, y 0.3063
  • This color#F3E8FF
  • Most vivid in sRGB#F3E8FF
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.946 0.036 307.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #f3e8ff;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9473 0.9091 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #F3E8FF

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%#F9F4FF
  • OKLab50%#F9F4FF
  • OKLCH50%#F9F4FF

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7A7480
  • OKLab50%#5E5963
  • OKLCH50%#5E5963

Its complement #E7F2DB

  • sRGB50%#EDEDED
  • OKLab50%#EDEDED
  • OKLCH50%#D6F3FC
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f3e8ff, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f3e8ff 50%, white);

In use

#F3E8FF 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, 4.5:117.79:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.17:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.17:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.17:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7B7286 4.57:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.79:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.87:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:115.87:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.87:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F3E8FF looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 11.3; deuteranopia changes it least, 7.4.

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

    #E5ECFF ΔE2000 8.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #E7ECFE ΔE2000 7.4

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale grayish blue

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F2EBEF ΔE2000 8.0

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #ECECEC ΔE2000 11.3

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F3E8FF

Its complement is #E7F2DB, a pale grayish green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#F3E8FF
  • Complement#E7F2DB

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#E9ECFF
  • Base#F3E8FF
  • +30°#FDE5F5

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#F3E8FF
  • +120°#FDEAD7
  • +240°#D6F5F1

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#F3E8FF
  • +150°#F3EED5
  • +210°#DCF4E5

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-purple-100: #f3e8ff;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as purple-100;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        purple: { 100: '#f3e8ff' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own purple-100; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-purple-100: oklch(0.946 0.033 307.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "purple-100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9529, 0.9098, 1],
        "hex": "#f3e8ff"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 purple-100"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let purple100 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.953, green: 0.910, blue: 1.000, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Purple100 = Color(0xFFF3E8FF)
}

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #F3E8FF in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.