Pi

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Mid purple Pi, crisp warm violet for contrast

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About Pi

Pi is the purple I notice when a UI designer has clearly chosen "purple" on purpose. It sits right at that medium- point where it feels dense enough for UI surfaces, but it doesn't tip into the colder, inkier control of & or the weighty warmth of .

It reads as a steady, unmistakably purple tone with moderate saturation and a slightly cool undertone. I use it for primary accents and state colors in health tech admin panels, fintech reporting dashboards, and fintech/ops data tables where you want the hue to stay purple under different lighting, not drift toward navy. Compared to Stay the Night, Pi holds a tighter, cleaner presence, less smoothed-over and more "confident in the foreground," especially for focus rings, bold links, and selected chips.

Pair it with cool grays or crisp whites. If you drop it next to very warm surfaces, it can start to look a bit flatter than you expected, like the purple loses its edge.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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10.34:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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9.48:1AAA

On Gray 900 #18181b

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1.71:1Fail

On Black #000000

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2.03:1Fail

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