Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind violet-50 #F5F3FF

Tailwind CSS v3's violet-50 is #F5F3FF. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.969 with chroma 0.016, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is ghostwhite (#F8F8FF), ΔE2000 2.7 away.

Relative luminance
0.9073
OKLCH L · C · h
0.969 · 0.016 · 293.8
Best text
Black 19.14:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#F5F3FF color codes

HEX
#F5F3FF
RGB
rgb(245, 243, 255)
HSL
hsl(250, 100%, 98%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.969 0.016 293.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.969 0.006 -0.015)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 96.30, a* 2.82, b* -5.52
XYZ (D65)
X 87.75, Y 90.73, Z 107.48
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(4%, 5%, 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 #F5F3FF accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.14:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.09:1.

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

    19.14:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +99

  • White text on it

    1.09:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.09:1

  • As text on black

    19.14:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −100

  • As text on white

    1.09:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.09:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #777580 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.97 to 0.57 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #F5F3FF 19.14:1

    It already reaches 19.14:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #F5F3FF 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 #F5F3FF

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F5F3FF sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#F5F3FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.14
  2. 100#EBEAF3
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.59
  3. 200#D8D6E0
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.61
  4. 300#BEBCC7
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.20
  5. 400#A2A0AB
    White
    2.57
    Black
    8.15
  6. 500#86848F
    White
    3.67
    Black
    5.71
  7. 600#6F6D77
    White
    5.08
    Black
    4.12
  8. 700#585760
    White
    7.12
    Black
    2.94
  9. 800#403E47
    White
    10.51
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#29282F
    White
    14.59
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#16151B
    White
    18.14
    Black
    1.15

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.

  1. 50This color#F5F3FF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.14
  2. 100#EDE9FE
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.68
  3. 200#DDD6FE
    White
    1.38
    Black
    15.12
  4. 300#C4B5FD
    White
    1.84
    Black
    11.37
  5. 400#A78BFA
    White
    2.72
    Black
    7.71
  6. 500#8B5CF6
    White
    4.23
    Black
    4.95
  7. 600#7C3AED
    White
    5.69
    Black
    3.68
  8. 700#6D28D9
    White
    7.10
    Black
    2.95
  9. 800#5B21B6
    White
    8.98
    Black
    2.33
  10. 900#4C1D95
    White
    10.95
    Black
    1.91
  11. 950#2E1065
    White
    15.23
    Black
    1.37

Gamut

How vivid #F5F3FF can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #F5F3FF: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.016
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
449 nm
Excitation purity
4%
Chromaticity
x 0.3069, y 0.3173

Mixing

Mixing #F5F3FF

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%#FAF9FF
  • OKLab50%#FAF9FF
  • OKLCH50%#FAF9FF

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7B7A80
  • OKLab50%#5F5E63
  • OKLCH50%#5F5E63
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f5f3ff, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f5f3ff 50%, white);

In use

#F5F3FF 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, 4.5:119.14:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.09:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.09:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.09:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #777580 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.14:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.08:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:117.08:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.08:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F5F3FF looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 6.0 at most.

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

    #F1F4FF ΔE2000 2.5

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F1F4FF ΔE2000 2.5

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F3F5F7 ΔE2000 5.6

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #F4F4F4 ΔE2000 6.0

    Noticeable

    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 #F5F3FF

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #16151B · 16.54:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #585760 · 6.49:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #BEBCC7 · 1.70:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

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

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-violet-50: #f5f3ff;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as violet-50;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        violet: { 50: '#f5f3ff' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own violet-50; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-violet-50: oklch(0.969 0.016 293.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "violet-50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9608, 0.9529, 1],
        "hex": "#f5f3ff"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 violet-50"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let violet50 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.961, green: 0.953, blue: 1.000, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Violet50 = Color(0xFFF5F3FF)
}

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 #F5F3FF in the tools

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