#E242CD#E242CD

#E242CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.242 H 333.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242CD
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(308, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 9.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 74.99, -38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 84.52, 332.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.2173 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.242 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3320, 24.4767, 60.1354)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242CD #42E257

analogous

#A742E2 #E242CD #E2427D

triadic

#E242CD #CDE242 #42CDE2

tetradic

#E242CD #E2A742 #42E257 #427DE2

square

#E242CD #E2A742 #42E257 #427DE2

split-complementary

#E242CD #7DE242 #42E2A7

monochromatic

#931783 #C81FB2 #E242CD #EA77DB #F2ACE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E242CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E242CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242CD

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242CD	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#3E79D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.242 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef84dc',
    500: '#e242cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242cd;
$custom-light: #ef84dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65747,
    "c": 0.24212,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242CD

secondary

#9FE0A8

accent

#F05038

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242CD

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

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