#E255E4#E255E4

#E255E4 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.237 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255E4
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 228)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(299, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 71.71, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 85.39, 327.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.199 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.237 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6153, 28.2704, 76.2799)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255E4 #57E455

analogous

#9B55E4 #E255E4 #E4559F

triadic

#E255E4 #E4E255 #55E4E2

tetradic

#E255E4 #E49B55 #57E455 #559FE4

square

#E255E4 #E49B55 #57E455 #559FE4

split-complementary

#E255E4 #9FE455 #55E49B

monochromatic

#A31AA4 #D723D9 #E255E4 #EB8AEC #F4BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E255E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#E255E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E4

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255E4	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4185E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.237 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8eed',
    500: '#e255e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255e4;
$custom-light: #ef8eed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.161,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68692,
    "c": 0.23671,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255E4

secondary

#B0E5B0

accent

#D51114

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255E4

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

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