#E042DE#E042DE

#E042DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.253 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042DE
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 222)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 0.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 77.13, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 90.75, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.216 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.253 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8730, 25.0210, 71.5065)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042DE #42E044

analogous

#9342E0 #E042DE #E0428F

triadic

#E042DE #DEE042 #42DEE0

tetradic

#E042DE #E09342 #42E044 #428FE0

square

#E042DE #E09342 #42E044 #428FE0

split-complementary

#E042DE #8FE042 #42E093

monochromatic

#90188E #C520C2 #E042DE #E977E7 #F1ABF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E042DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E042DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042DE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042DE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#287CE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D90DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7598C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.253 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee85e9',
    500: '#e042de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042de;
$custom-light: #ee85e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.759,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66346,
    "c": 0.25334,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042DE

secondary

#9FDF9F

accent

#EF3C39

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042DE

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

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