#E251AD#E251AD

#E251AD is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.203 H 345.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E251AD
RGB	rgb(226, 81, 173)
HSL	hsl(322, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(322, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 23.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 65.09, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 68.00, 343.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.1961 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.203 345.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8508, 25.0748, 42.1629)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E251AD #51E286

analogous

#CF51E2 #E251AD #E25164

triadic

#E251AD #ADE251 #51ADE2

tetradic

#E251AD #E2CF51 #51E286 #5164E2

square

#E251AD #E2CF51 #51E286 #5164E2

split-complementary

#E251AD #64E251 #51E2CF

monochromatic

#9E1A6E #D32393 #E251AD #EB85C6 #F3BADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E251AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#E251AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E251AD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E251AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E251AD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A92AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F04F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e251ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 81, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.203 345.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8bc5',
    500: '#e251ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e251ad;
$custom-light: #ef8bc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e251ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.931,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65729,
    "c": 0.20295,
    "h": 345.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E251AD

secondary

#ACE3C0

accent

#D35912

background

#FFF8FC

surface

#FEF0F8

border

#D6CBD1

text

#170D13

muted

#857D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #E251AD

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

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