#E255E5#E255E5

#E255E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.238 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255E5
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(299, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 71.88, -46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 85.80, 326.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.199 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.238 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7546, 28.3260, 77.0131)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255E5 #58E555

analogous

#9A55E5 #E255E5 #E555A0

triadic

#E255E5 #E5E255 #55E5E2

tetradic

#E255E5 #E59A55 #58E555 #55A0E5

square

#E255E5 #E59A55 #58E555 #55A0E5

split-complementary

#E255E5 #A0E555 #55E59A

monochromatic

#A319A6 #D722DB #E255E5 #EB8AED #F4BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#E255E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#E255E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E5

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255E5	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4085E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7597E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.238 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8eee',
    500: '#e255e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255e5;
$custom-light: #ef8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68744,
    "c": 0.23751,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255E5

secondary

#B1E6B0

accent

#D61014

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255E5

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

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