#E253CD#E253CD

#E253CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.222 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E253CD
RGB	rgb(226, 83, 205)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 9.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 68.84, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 77.47, 332.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.1993 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.222 334)
XYZ	xyz(45.4770, 26.7666, 60.5171)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E253CD #53E268

analogous

#AF53E2 #E253CD #E25385

triadic

#E253CD #CDE253 #53CDE2

tetradic

#E253CD #E2AF53 #53E268 #5385E2

square

#E253CD #E2AF53 #53E268 #5385E2

split-complementary

#E253CD #85E253 #53E2AF

monochromatic

#A01B8C #D424BA #E253CD #EB87DC #F4BCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#E253CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#E253CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E253CD

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E253CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E253CD	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5180D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e253cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 83, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.222 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8ddc',
    500: '#e253cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e253cd;
$custom-light: #ef8ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e253cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.811,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.22163,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.26763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E253CD

secondary

#ADE4B5

accent

#D32F12

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E253CD

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

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