#E042C7#E042C7

#E042C7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.237 H 335.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042C7
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 199)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 11.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 73.67, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 82.22, 333.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.2149 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.237 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9980, 23.8710, 56.3647)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042C7 #42E05B

analogous

#AA42E0 #E042C7 #E04278

triadic

#E042C7 #C7E042 #42C7E0

tetradic

#E042C7 #E0AA42 #42E05B #4278E0

square

#E042C7 #E0AA42 #42E05B #4278E0

split-complementary

#E042C7 #78E042 #42E0AA

monochromatic

#90187D #C520AB #E042C7 #E977D7 #F1ABE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E042C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E042C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042C7

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042C7	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4277CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB4E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.237 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee84d8',
    500: '#e042c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042c7;
$custom-light: #ee84d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.494,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65159,
    "c": 0.23688,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042C7

secondary

#9FDFA9

accent

#EF5639

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042C7

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

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