#E242CF#E242CF

#E242CF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.244 H 333.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242CF
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 207)
HSL	hsl(307, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 8.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 75.29, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 85.24, 332.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.2175 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.244 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5750, 24.5739, 61.4150)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242CF #42E255

analogous

#A542E2 #E242CF #E2427F

triadic

#E242CF #CFE242 #42CFE2

tetradic

#E242CF #E2A542 #42E255 #427FE2

square

#E242CF #E2A542 #42E255 #427FE2

split-complementary

#E242CF #7FE242 #42E2A5

monochromatic

#931784 #C81FB4 #E242CF #EA77DC #F2ACEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E242CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E242CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242CF

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242CF	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C79D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.244 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef84de',
    500: '#e242cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242cf;
$custom-light: #ef84de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65848,
    "c": 0.24352,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242CF

secondary

#9FE0A7

accent

#F04E38

background

#FFF8FD

surface

#FFF0FB

border

#D7CBD4

text

#170C15

muted

#857D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242CF

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

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