#E042E0#E042E0

#E042E0 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.255 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E042E0
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 224)
HSL	hsl(300, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 77.45, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 91.53, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.2161 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.255 328)
XYZ	xyz(46.1426, 25.1289, 72.9266)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E042E0 #42E042

analogous

#9142E0 #E042E0 #E04291

triadic

#E042E0 #E0E042 #42E0E0

tetradic

#E042E0 #E09142 #42E042 #4291E0

square

#E042E0 #E09142 #42E042 #4291E0

split-complementary

#E042E0 #91E042 #42E091

monochromatic

#901890 #C520C5 #E042E0 #E977E9 #F1ABF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E042E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E042E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E042E0

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E042E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E042E0	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#257CE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C90DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E75A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e042e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.255 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee85ea',
    500: '#e042e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e042e0;
$custom-light: #ee85ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e042e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.25481,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.25126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E042E0

secondary

#9FDF9F

accent

#EF3939

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FEF0FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E042E0

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

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