#E042C5#E042C5

#E042C5 is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.236 H 335.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042C5
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(310, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 12.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 73.38, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 81.52, 334.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.2147 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.236 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7673, 23.7787, 55.1498)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042C5 #42E05D

analogous

#AC42E0 #E042C5 #E04276

triadic

#E042C5 #C5E042 #42C5E0

tetradic

#E042C5 #E0AC42 #42E05D #4276E0

square

#E042C5 #E0AC42 #42E05D #4276E0

split-complementary

#E042C5 #76E042 #42E0AC

monochromatic

#90187B #C520A8 #E042C5 #E977D5 #F1ABE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E042C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E042C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042C5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042C5	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4377C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB4D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.236 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee84d7',
    500: '#e042c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042c5;
$custom-light: #ee84d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.253,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65061,
    "c": 0.23552,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042C5

secondary

#9FDFAA

accent

#EF5839

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042C5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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