#E251CE#E251CE

#E251CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.225 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E251CE
RGB	rgb(226, 81, 206)
HSL	hsl(308, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(308, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 69.77, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 78.74, 332.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.2017 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.225 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4473, 26.5134, 61.1045)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E251CE #51E265

analogous

#AE51E2 #E251CE #E25185

triadic

#E251CE #CEE251 #51CEE2

tetradic

#E251CE #E2AE51 #51E265 #5185E2

square

#E251CE #E2AE51 #51E265 #5185E2

split-complementary

#E251CE #85E251 #51E2AE

monochromatic

#9E1A8C #D323BA #E251CE #EB85DD #F3BAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E251CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#E251CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E251CE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E251CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E251CE	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e251ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 81, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.225 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8cdd',
    500: '#e251ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e251ce;
$custom-light: #ef8cdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e251ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67182,
    "c": 0.22496,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E251CE

secondary

#ACE3B3

accent

#D32D12

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E251CE

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

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