#E251DE#E251DE

#E251DE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.237 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E251DE
RGB	rgb(226, 81, 222)
HSL	hsl(302, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(302, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 1.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 72.28, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 84.80, 328.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.203 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.237 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4908, 27.3309, 71.8671)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E251DE #51E255

analogous

#9D51E2 #E251DE #E25196

triadic

#E251DE #DEE251 #51DEE2

tetradic

#E251DE #E29D51 #51E255 #5196E2

square

#E251DE #E29D51 #51E255 #5196E2

split-complementary

#E251DE #96E251 #51E29D

monochromatic

#9E1A9B #D323CE #E251DE #EB85E8 #F3BAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E251DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#E251DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E251DE

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E251DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E251DE	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4182E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E96391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e251de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 81, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.237 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8ce9',
    500: '#e251de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e251de;
$custom-light: #ef8ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e251de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.655,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67978,
    "c": 0.23703,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E251DE

secondary

#ACE3AD

accent

#D31712

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E251DE

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

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