#E255D6#E255D6

#E255D6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.226 H 331.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255D6
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 214)
HSL	hsl(305, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(305, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 5.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 69.44, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 79.92, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.1979 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.226 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7500, 27.5242, 66.4557)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255D6 #55E261

analogous

#A755E2 #E255D6 #E2558F

triadic

#E255D6 #D6E255 #55D6E2

tetradic

#E255D6 #E2A755 #55E261 #558FE2

square

#E255D6 #E2A755 #55E261 #558FE2

split-complementary

#E255D6 #8FE255 #55E2A7

monochromatic

#A11B96 #D524C6 #E255D6 #EB89E3 #F4BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E255D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E255D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255D6

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255D6	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D83DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.226 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8ee3',
    500: '#e255d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255d6;
$custom-light: #ee8ee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.106,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67982,
    "c": 0.22574,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255D6

secondary

#AFE4B3

accent

#D32313

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255D6

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

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