Lilac and Violet color palette

Lilac and Violet is a 5-color palette drawing on purples, reds, oranges and neutrals. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 14% (#080420, very dark) to 98% (#FFF9EE, very light), and its most saturated color, #C0629A, is moderately saturated. Its chromatic colors split evenly between the warm and cool sides of the hue wheel. 5 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged sunset, purple, pink, warm and colorblind-friendly.

SunsetPurplePinkWarmColorblind-friendly

Color codes

ColorHEXRGBHSLOKLCH
Rich Navy #080420 rgb(8, 4, 32) hsl(249, 78%, 7%) oklch(14% 0.059 284.3)
Space Cadet #2A2150 rgb(42, 33, 80) hsl(251, 42%, 22%) oklch(28.6% 0.083 288.9)
English Lavender #C0629A rgb(192, 98, 154) hsl(324, 43%, 57%) oklch(62.4% 0.137 345.1)
Sandy Brown #F6B48F rgb(246, 180, 143) hsl(22, 85%, 76%) oklch(82.3% 0.092 50.3)
Seashell #FFF9EE rgb(255, 249, 238) hsl(39, 100%, 97%) oklch(98.4% 0.016 82.8)

Accessibility

The best text and background pairs in Lilac and Violet, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.

PairWCAG 2LevelAPCA Lc
#FFF9EE on #080420 19.11:1 AAA Lc -104.1
#FFF9EE on #2A2150 13.99:1 AAA Lc -100.6
#080420 on #F6B48F 11.30:1 AAA Lc 71.1

Color vision

No pair of colors comes within ΔE 0.06 of another under protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia. It is tagged colorblind-friendly: every pair stays at least ΔE 0.14 apart.

  • Protanopia

  • Deuteranopia

  • Tritanopia

  • Achromatopsia

Use it in code

Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/080420-2a2150-c0629a-f6b48f-fff9ee.json.

Make it your own

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Gradients from these colors