#E242DF#E242DF

#E242DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.255 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242DF
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 223)
HSL	hsl(301, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 1.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 77.71, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 91.23, 328.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.2181 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.255 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6311, 25.3963, 72.2437)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242DF #42E245

analogous

#9542E2 #E242DF #E2428F

triadic

#E242DF #DFE242 #42DFE2

tetradic

#E242DF #E29542 #42E245 #428FE2

square

#E242DF #E29542 #42E245 #428FE2

split-complementary

#E242DF #8FE242 #42E295

monochromatic

#931791 #C81FC5 #E242DF #EA77E8 #F2ACF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E242DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E242DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242DF

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242DF	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F91DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9598D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.255 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef85e9',
    500: '#e242df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242df;
$custom-light: #ef85e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.25501,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242DF

secondary

#9FE0A1

accent

#F03B38

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FFF0FD

border

#D7CBD5

text

#170C16

muted

#857D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242DF

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

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