#E242DB#E242DB

#E242DB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.252 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242DB
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 219)
HSL	hsl(303, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 3.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 77.09, -45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 89.70, 329.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.218 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.252 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0982, 25.1832, 69.4370)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242DB #42E249

analogous

#9942E2 #E242DB #E2428B

triadic

#E242DB #DBE242 #42DBE2

tetradic

#E242DB #E29942 #42E249 #428BE2

square

#E242DB #E29942 #42E249 #428BE2

split-complementary

#E242DB #8BE242 #42E299

monochromatic

#93178E #C81FC1 #E242DB #EA77E5 #F2ACEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E242DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E242DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242DB

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242DB	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F7CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA578B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.252 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef85e7',
    500: '#e242db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242db;
$custom-light: #ef85e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66469,
    "c": 0.25209,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242DB

secondary

#9FE0A2

accent

#F04038

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FFF0FC

border

#D7CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242DB

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

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