#E042C6#E042C6

#E042C6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.236 H 335.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042C6
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 198)
HSL	hsl(310, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 11.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 73.52, -36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 81.87, 333.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.2148 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.236 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8823, 23.8247, 55.7553)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042C6 #42E05C

analogous

#AB42E0 #E042C6 #E04277

triadic

#E042C6 #C6E042 #42C6E0

tetradic

#E042C6 #E0AB42 #42E05C #4277E0

square

#E042C6 #E0AB42 #42E05C #4277E0

split-complementary

#E042C6 #77E042 #42E0AB

monochromatic

#90187C #C520AA #E042C6 #E977D6 #F1ABE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E042C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E042C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042C6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042C6	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#4277CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB4E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.236 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee84d7',
    500: '#e042c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042c6;
$custom-light: #ee84d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.873,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6511,
    "c": 0.2362,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042C6

secondary

#9FDFA9

accent

#EF5739

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042C6

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

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