Pale Violet #CEAEFA

Pale Violet is a light, moderately saturated purple with hex code #CEAEFA and RGB rgb(206, 174, 250).

Black text reads best on this color (11.05:1).

About this color

#CEAEFA is a light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.110 and its hue 303°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Pale Violet. Black text reads best on it, at 11.05:1.

Hue family	Purples
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.110)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Pale Violet
Black text	11.05:1
White text	1.89:1

Colors that go with Pale Violet

Matches found by rotating Pale Violet around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Complementary

The opposite hue (180°).

Greenish Tan #B2CC7A

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Analogous

Neighbouring hues, 30° either side.

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Triadic

Three hues spaced 120° apart.

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Color palettes with Pale Violet

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pale Violet, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pale Violet, with their ΔE distance.

More about Pale Violet

How to make Pale Violet

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

2 parts white
1 part purple

Recipe result: #D7A7E6, a difference of ΔE 0.031 from Pale Violet. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

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Codes for Pale Violet in every format

HEX	#CEAEFA
RGB	rgb(206, 174, 250)
HSL	hsl(265, 88%, 83%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.11 303.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #CEAEFA	1.89:1	Fails	Lc -40.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #CEAEFA	11.05:1	AAA	Lc 67.8	Content text, not long reading
#CEAEFA text on white	1.89:1	Fails	Lc 36.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#CEAEFA text on black	11.05:1	AAA	Lc -66.4	Content text, not long reading

Shades and tints of Pale Violet

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F7F3FE

oklch(97% 0.015 302.6)
Step 100
100

#EEE5FC

oklch(93.6% 0.032 303.5)
Step 200
200

#E1D0FB

oklch(88.5% 0.061 303.1)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#CEAEFA

oklch(80.5% 0.11 303.3)
Step 400
400

#B881F9

oklch(70.7% 0.176 303.4)
Step 500
500

#A75AF6

oklch(63.1% 0.225 303.2)
Step 600
600

#9336E5

oklch(55.6% 0.245 303.1)
Step 700
700

#7E25C7

oklch(49.2% 0.228 303.4)
Step 800
800

#6623A1

oklch(42.8% 0.188 303.2)
Step 900
900

#532480

oklch(37.8% 0.148 303.3)
Step 950
950

#30174B

oklch(27% 0.093 302.7)

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Pale Violet with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#9EBBFD	0.069
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#A4BCF8	0.065
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#C7B9C9	0.085
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BCBCBC	0.111

Use Pale Violet in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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