#E042C9#E042C9

#E042C9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.238 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042C9
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 201)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 10.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 73.96, -37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 82.93, 333.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.2151 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.238 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2317, 23.9645, 57.5957)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042C9 #42E059

analogous

#A842E0 #E042C9 #E0427A

triadic

#E042C9 #C9E042 #42C9E0

tetradic

#E042C9 #E0A842 #42E059 #427AE0

square

#E042C9 #E0A842 #42E059 #427AE0

split-complementary

#E042C9 #7AE042 #42E0A8

monochromatic

#90187E #C520AD #E042C9 #E977D8 #F1ABE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E042C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#E042C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042C9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042C9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4077CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB4F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.238 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee84da',
    500: '#e042c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042c9;
$custom-light: #ee84da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.734,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65257,
    "c": 0.23827,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042C9

secondary

#9FDFA8

accent

#EF5439

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FEF0FA

border

#D6CBD3

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042C9

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

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