#E242CE#E242CE

#E242CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.243 H 333.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242CE
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(308, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 75.14, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 84.88, 332.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.2174 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.243 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4531, 24.5252, 60.7731)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242CE #42E256

analogous

#A642E2 #E242CE #E2427E

triadic

#E242CE #CEE242 #42CEE2

tetradic

#E242CE #E2A642 #42E256 #427EE2

square

#E242CE #E2A642 #42E256 #427EE2

split-complementary

#E242CE #7EE242 #42E2A6

monochromatic

#931783 #C81FB3 #E242CE #EA77DC #F2ACEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E242CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E242CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242CE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242CE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.243 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef84dd',
    500: '#e242ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242ce;
$custom-light: #ef84dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65798,
    "c": 0.24282,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242CE

secondary

#9FE0A8

accent

#F04F38

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242CE

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

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