#E242CA#E242CA

#E242CA is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.240 H 334.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242CA
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 202)
HSL	hsl(309, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 10.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 74.56, -37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 83.45, 333.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.2171 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.24 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9734, 24.3333, 58.2465)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242CA #42E25A

analogous

#AA42E2 #E242CA #E2427A

triadic

#E242CA #CAE242 #42CAE2

tetradic

#E242CA #E2AA42 #42E25A #427AE2

square

#E242CA #E2AA42 #42E25A #427AE2

split-complementary

#E242CA #7AE242 #42E2AA

monochromatic

#931780 #C81FAF #E242CA #EA77D9 #F2ACE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E242CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E242CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242CA

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242CA	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4178CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED4F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.240 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef84da',
    500: '#e242ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242ca;
$custom-light: #ef84da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65599,
    "c": 0.24005,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242CA

secondary

#9FE0A9

accent

#F05338

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242CA

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

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