#E042C8#E042C8

#E042C8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.238 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042C8
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 200)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 10.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 73.81, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 82.57, 333.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.215 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.238 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1145, 23.9176, 56.9782)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042C8 #42E05A

analogous

#A942E0 #E042C8 #E04279

triadic

#E042C8 #C8E042 #42C8E0

tetradic

#E042C8 #E0A942 #42E05A #4279E0

square

#E042C8 #E0A942 #42E05A #4279E0

split-complementary

#E042C8 #79E042 #42E0A9

monochromatic

#90187E #C520AC #E042C8 #E977D7 #F1ABE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E042C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E042C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042C8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042C8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4177CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB4F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.238 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee84d9',
    500: '#e042c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042c8;
$custom-light: #ee84d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.114,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65208,
    "c": 0.23757,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042C8

secondary

#9FDFA8

accent

#EF5539

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C14

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042C8

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

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