#E238D4#E238D4

#E238D4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.257 H 331.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E238D4
RGB	rgb(226, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(305, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(305, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 6.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 79.06, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 90.53, 330.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.2266 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.257 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6619, 23.7543, 64.5074)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E238D4 #38E246

analogous

#9B38E2 #E238D4 #E2387F

triadic

#E238D4 #D4E238 #38D4E2

tetradic

#E238D4 #E29B38 #38E246 #387FE2

square

#E238D4 #E29B38 #38E246 #387FE2

split-complementary

#E238D4 #7FE238 #38E29B

monochromatic

#8B1481 #C11CB3 #E238D4 #EA6DE0 #F2A3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E238D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E238D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E238D4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E238D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E238D4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2977D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB4D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e238d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.257 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef81e2',
    500: '#e238d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e238d4;
$custom-light: #ef81e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e238d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.941,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65341,
    "c": 0.25706,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E238D4

secondary

#97DE9D

accent

#F14637

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E238D4

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

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