#E242CB#E242CB

#E242CB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.241 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242CB
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 203)
HSL	hsl(309, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 10.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 74.70, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 83.81, 333.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.2172 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.241 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0922, 24.3808, 58.8721)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242CB #42E259

analogous

#A942E2 #E242CB #E2427B

triadic

#E242CB #CBE242 #42CBE2

tetradic

#E242CB #E2A942 #42E259 #427BE2

square

#E242CB #E2A942 #42E259 #427BE2

split-complementary

#E242CB #7BE242 #42E2A9

monochromatic

#931781 #C81FB0 #E242CB #EA77DA #F2ACE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E242CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E242CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242CB

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242CB	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4078CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED5082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.241 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef84db',
    500: '#e242cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242cb;
$custom-light: #ef84db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65648,
    "c": 0.24074,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242CB

secondary

#9FE0A9

accent

#F05238

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242CB

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

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