#E172E9#E172E9

#E172E9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.199 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E172E9
RGB	rgb(225, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(296, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 59.62, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 72.73, 325.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.1628 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.199 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7754, 33.9280, 80.8966)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E172E9 #7AE972

analogous

#A572E9 #E172E9 #E972B6

triadic

#E172E9 #E9E172 #72E9E1

tetradic

#E172E9 #E9A572 #7AE972 #72B6E9

square

#E172E9 #E9A572 #7AE972 #72B6E9

split-complementary

#E172E9 #B6E972 #72E9A5

monochromatic

#B71EC2 #D63DE1 #E172E9 #ECA7F1 #F8DCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#E172E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#E172E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E172E9

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E172E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E172E9	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6395ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E581A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e172e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.199 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9ff0',
    500: '#e172e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e172e9;
$custom-light: #ed9ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e172e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.966,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.19925,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E172E9

secondary

#CCEEC9

accent

#D5101E

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF3FD

border

#D5CDD5

text

#170F16

muted

#857F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E172E9

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

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