#E042DD#E042DD

#E042DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.253 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042DD
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 1.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 76.98, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 90.37, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.216 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.253 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7394, 24.9675, 70.8027)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042DD #42E045

analogous

#9442E0 #E042DD #E0428E

triadic

#E042DD #DDE042 #42DDE0

tetradic

#E042DD #E09442 #42E045 #428EE0

square

#E042DD #E09442 #42E045 #428EE0

split-complementary

#E042DD #8EE042 #42E094

monochromatic

#90188E #C520C1 #E042DD #E977E6 #F1ABF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E042DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E042DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042DD

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042DD	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A7CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E90D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7598C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.253 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee85e8',
    500: '#e042dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042dd;
$custom-light: #ee85e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.139,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66292,
    "c": 0.25259,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042DD

secondary

#9FDFA0

accent

#EF3D39

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042DD

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

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