#E255E3#E255E3

#E255E3 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.236 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255E3
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 227)
HSL	hsl(300, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 71.54, -45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 84.99, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.1989 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.236 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4769, 28.2150, 75.5509)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255E3 #56E355

analogous

#9B55E3 #E255E3 #E3559D

triadic

#E255E3 #E3E255 #55E3E2

tetradic

#E255E3 #E39B55 #56E355 #559DE3

square

#E255E3 #E39B55 #56E355 #559DE3

split-complementary

#E255E3 #9DE355 #55E39B

monochromatic

#A21BA3 #D623D7 #E255E3 #EB8AEC #F4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E255E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#E255E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255E3	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4285E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.236 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8eec',
    500: '#e255e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255e3;
$custom-light: #ef8eec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.577,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6864,
    "c": 0.23591,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255E3

secondary

#B0E5AF

accent

#D41213

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255E3

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

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