#E255CC#E255CC

#E255CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.218 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255CC
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 204)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 9.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 67.89, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 76.20, 333.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.1968 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.218 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5119, 27.0290, 59.9351)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E255CC #55E26B

analogous

#B155E2 #E255CC #E25585

triadic

#E255CC #CCE255 #55CCE2

tetradic

#E255CC #E2B155 #55E26B #5585E2

square

#E255CC #E2B155 #55E26B #5585E2

split-complementary

#E255CC #85E255 #55E2B1

monochromatic

#A11B8C #D524BA #E255CC #EB89DC #F4BEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E255CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#E255CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255CC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255CC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5481D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC5F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.218 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8edc',
    500: '#e255cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255cc;
$custom-light: #ee8edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.362,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67502,
    "c": 0.21825,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255CC

secondary

#AFE4B7

accent

#D33113

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255CC

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

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