#E255B5#E255B5

#E255B5 is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.202 H 342.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255B5
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 181)
HSL	hsl(319, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(319, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 19.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 64.55, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 68.50, 340.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.1929 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.202 342.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9542, 26.0059, 46.4645)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255B5 #55E282

analogous

#C855E2 #E255B5 #E2556E

triadic

#E255B5 #B5E255 #55B5E2

tetradic

#E255B5 #E2C855 #55E282 #556EE2

square

#E255B5 #E2C855 #55E282 #556EE2

split-complementary

#E255B5 #6EE255 #55E2C8

monochromatic

#A11B76 #D5249D #E255B5 #EB89CC #F4BEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E255B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E255B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255B5

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255B5	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.202 342.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8dcb',
    500: '#e255b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255b5;
$custom-light: #ef8dcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.149,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66487,
    "c": 0.20243,
    "h": 342.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255B5

secondary

#AFE4C0

accent

#D35013

background

#FFF9FC

surface

#FEF1F8

border

#D6CBD1

text

#170D13

muted

#857E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255B5

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

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