Tailwind Purple

Tailwind CSS's purple hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a vivid red-violet chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindcoolchromatic

Swatches

purple-50
#FAF5FF
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
purple-100
#F3E8FF
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
purple-200
#E9D4FF
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
purple-300
#DAB2FF
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
purple-400
#C27AFF
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
purple-500
#AD46FF
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
purple-600
#9810FA
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
purple-700
#8200DB
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
purple-800
#6E11B0
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
purple-900
#59168B
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
purple-950
#3C0366
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → purple-700
accent-hover → purple-600
background → purple-50
error → purple-700
primary → purple-500
primary-hover → purple-600
success → purple-600
surface → purple-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → purple-900
text-secondary → purple-800
text-tertiary → purple-600
warning → purple-300
warning-hover → purple-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → purple-300
accent-hover → purple-200
background → purple-950
error → purple-300
primary → purple-400
primary-hover → purple-300
success → purple-400
surface → purple-900
surface-elevated → purple-800
text-primary → purple-50
text-secondary → purple-200
text-tertiary → purple-400
warning → purple-600
warning-hover → purple-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-18 (upstream version 4.x)