#E242CC#E242CC

#E242CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.241 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242CC
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(308, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 9.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 74.85, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 84.16, 332.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.2172 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.241 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2117, 24.4286, 59.5017)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242CC #42E258

analogous

#A842E2 #E242CC #E2427C

triadic

#E242CC #CCE242 #42CCE2

tetradic

#E242CC #E2A842 #42E258 #427CE2

square

#E242CC #E2A842 #42E258 #427CE2

split-complementary

#E242CC #7CE242 #42E2A8

monochromatic

#931782 #C81FB1 #E242CC #EA77DA #F2ACE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E242CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E242CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242CC

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242CC	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F79D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.241 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef84dc',
    500: '#e242cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242cc;
$custom-light: #ef84dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65698,
    "c": 0.24143,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242CC

secondary

#9FE0A8

accent

#F05138

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242CC

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

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