#E242E8#E242E8

#E242E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.262 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E242E8
RGB	rgb(226, 66, 232)
HSL	hsl(298, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 79.14, -52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 94.74, 326.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.2181 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.262 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8768, 25.8946, 78.8048)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E242E8 #48E842

analogous

#8F42E8 #E242E8 #E8429B

triadic

#E242E8 #E8E242 #42E8E2

tetradic

#E242E8 #E88F42 #48E842 #429BE8

square

#E242E8 #E88F42 #48E842 #429BE8

split-complementary

#E242E8 #9BE842 #42E88F

monochromatic

#98139D #CC1AD3 #E242E8 #EA79EF #F3AFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E242E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E242E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E242E8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E242E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E242E8	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6992E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E85D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e242e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 66, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.262 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef85f0',
    500: '#e242e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e242e8;
$custom-light: #ef85f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e242e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.831,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67179,
    "c": 0.2617,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E242E8

secondary

#A4E4A2

accent

#F5333A

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FFF0FD

border

#D7CBD5

text

#170C17

muted

#857D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #E242E8

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

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