#E255E2#E255E2

#E255E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.235 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255E2
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 226)
HSL	hsl(300, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 71.38, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 84.60, 327.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.1989 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.235 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3393, 28.1599, 74.8261)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255E2 #55E255

analogous

#9B55E2 #E255E2 #E2559B

triadic

#E255E2 #E2E255 #55E2E2

tetradic

#E255E2 #E29B55 #55E255 #559BE2

square

#E255E2 #E29B55 #55E255 #559BE2

split-complementary

#E255E2 #9BE255 #55E29B

monochromatic

#A11BA1 #D524D5 #E255E2 #EB89EB #F4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#E255E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#E255E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255E2	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4385E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E96894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.235 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8eeb',
    500: '#e255e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255e2;
$custom-light: #ef8eeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.23511,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255E2

secondary

#AFE4AF

accent

#D31313

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255E2

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

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