#E251CD#E251CD

#E251CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.224 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E251CD
RGB	rgb(226, 81, 205)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(309, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 9.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 69.62, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 78.37, 332.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.2016 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.224 334)
XYZ	xyz(45.3262, 26.4650, 60.4668)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E251CD #51E266

analogous

#AF51E2 #E251CD #E25184

triadic

#E251CD #CDE251 #51CDE2

tetradic

#E251CD #E2AF51 #51E266 #5184E2

square

#E251CD #E2AF51 #51E266 #5184E2

split-complementary

#E251CD #84E251 #51E2AF

monochromatic

#9E1A8B #D323B9 #E251CD #EB85DC #F3BAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#E251CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#E251CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E251CD

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E251CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E251CD	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e251cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 81, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.224 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8cdc',
    500: '#e251cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e251cd;
$custom-light: #ef8cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e251cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.69,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67134,
    "c": 0.22424,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.26461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E251CD

secondary

#ACE3B4

accent

#D32E12

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E251CD

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

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