#E255CE#E255CE

#E255CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.220 H 333.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255CE
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 206)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, 68.20, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 76.93, 332.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.1971 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.22 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7533, 27.1255, 61.2065)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255CE #55E269

analogous

#AF55E2 #E255CE #E25587

triadic

#E255CE #CEE255 #55CEE2

tetradic

#E255CE #E2AF55 #55E269 #5587E2

square

#E255CE #E2AF55 #55E269 #5587E2

split-complementary

#E255CE #87E255 #55E2AF

monochromatic

#A11B8E #D524BC #E255CE #EB89DD #F4BEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#E255CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#E255CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255CE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255CE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5281D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.220 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8edd',
    500: '#e255ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255ce;
$custom-light: #ee8edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.511,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67596,
    "c": 0.21972,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255CE

secondary

#AFE4B6

accent

#D32E13

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255CE

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

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