Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind purple-50 #FAF5FF

Tailwind CSS v3's purple-50 is #FAF5FF. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.977 with chroma 0.014, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is ghostwhite (#F8F8FF), ΔE2000 2.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.9285
OKLCH L · C · h
0.977 · 0.014 · 308.3
Best text
Black 19.56:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FAF5FF color codes

HEX
#FAF5FF
RGB
rgb(250, 245, 255)
HSL
hsl(270, 100%, 98%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.977 0.014 308.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.977 0.009 -0.011)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 97.17, a* 3.43, b* -4.20
XYZ (D65)
X 90.12, Y 92.85, Z 107.76
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(2%, 4%, 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 #FAF5FF accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.56:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.07:1.

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

    19.56:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +101

  • White text on it

    1.07:1

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

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.07:1

  • As text on black

    19.56:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −102

  • As text on white

    1.07:1

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

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.07:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #79747D 4.55:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.57 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FAF5FF 19.56:1

    It already reaches 19.56:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FAF5FF 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.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #FAF5FF

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FAF5FF sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#FAF5FF
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100#EDE9F1
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.52
  3. 200#DAD5DE
    White
    1.44
    Black
    14.55
  4. 300#C0BCC4
    White
    1.86
    Black
    11.23
  5. 400#A49FA8
    White
    2.59
    Black
    8.10
  6. 500#88848D
    White
    3.66
    Black
    5.73
  7. 600#716D75
    White
    5.06
    Black
    4.14
  8. 700#5A565E
    White
    7.17
    Black
    2.92
  9. 800#423E45
    White
    10.46
    Black
    2.00
  10. 900#2A272E
    White
    14.70
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#17151A
    White
    18.12
    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. 50This color#FAF5FF
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.56
  2. 100#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 #FAF5FF can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #FAF5FF: 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
0.014
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 563 nm
Excitation purity
3%
Chromaticity
x 0.3100, y 0.3194

Mixing

Mixing #FAF5FF

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%#FDFAFF
  • OKLab50%#FCFAFF
  • OKLCH50%#FCFAFF

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7D7B80
  • OKLab50%#615F63
  • OKLCH50%#615F63
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #faf5ff, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #faf5ff 50%, white);

In use

#FAF5FF 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, 4.5:119.56:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.07:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.07:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.07:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #79747D 4.55:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.56:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.45:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:117.45:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.45:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FAF5FF looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 5.8 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

    #F4F7FF ΔE2000 4.1

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F5F7FF ΔE2000 3.6

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F9F6F8 ΔE2000 4.0

    Close match

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #F7F7F7 ΔE2000 5.8

    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 #FAF5FF

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 #17151A · 16.89:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #5A565E · 6.68:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #C0BCC4 · 1.74:1

    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-purple-50: #faf5ff;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as purple-50;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        purple: { 50: '#faf5ff' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own purple-50; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-purple-50: oklch(0.977 0.014 308.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "purple-50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9804, 0.9608, 1],
        "hex": "#faf5ff"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 purple-50"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let purple50 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.980, green: 0.961, blue: 1.000, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Purple50 = Color(0xFFFAF5FF)
}

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 #FAF5FF in the tools

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