#E242DC#E242DC

#E242DC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.253 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242DC
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 220)
HSL	hsl(302, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 2.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 77.25, -46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 90.08, 329.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.218 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.253 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2302, 25.2360, 70.1324)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E242DC #42E248

analogous

#9842E2 #E242DC #E2428C

triadic

#E242DC #DCE242 #42DCE2

tetradic

#E242DC #E29842 #42E248 #428CE2

square

#E242DC #E29842 #42E248 #428CE2

split-complementary

#E242DC #8CE242 #42E298

monochromatic

#93178E #C81FC2 #E242DC #EA77E6 #F2ACF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E242DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E242DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242DC

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242DC	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA588B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.253 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef85e7',
    500: '#e242dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242dc;
$custom-light: #ef85e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66522,
    "c": 0.25282,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242DC

secondary

#9FE0A2

accent

#F03F38

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FFF0FC

border

#D7CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242DC

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

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