#E255DD#E255DD

#E255DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.231 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255DD
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 221)
HSL	hsl(302, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(302, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 2.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 70.56, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 82.62, 328.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.1985 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.231 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6632, 27.8895, 71.2654)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255DD #55E25A

analogous

#A055E2 #E255DD #E25596

triadic

#E255DD #DDE255 #55DDE2

tetradic

#E255DD #E2A055 #55E25A #5596E2

square

#E255DD #E2A055 #55E25A #5596E2

split-complementary

#E255DD #96E255 #55E2A0

monochromatic

#A11B9C #D524CF #E255DD #EB89E7 #F4BEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#E255DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#E255DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255DD

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255DD	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4784E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E96692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.231 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8ee8',
    500: '#e255dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255dd;
$custom-light: #ee8ee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.128,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68331,
    "c": 0.23116,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255DD

secondary

#AFE4B1

accent

#D31913

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FC

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255DD

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

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