#E255E6#E255E6

#E255E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.238 H 326.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E255E6
RGBrgb(226, 85, 230)
HSLhsl(298, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(298, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(1.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(60.23, 72.04, -47.33)
CIE-LCHlch(60.23, 86.20, 326.70°)
OKLaboklab(68.8% 0.1991 -0.131)
OKLCHoklch(68.8% 0.238 326.7)
XYZxyz(48.8946, 28.3821, 77.7505)
Luminance0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E255E6 #59E655
analogous
#9A55E6 #E255E6 #E655A2
triadic
#E255E6 #E6E255 #55E6E2
tetradic
#E255E6 #E69A55 #59E655 #55A2E6
square
#E255E6 #E69A55 #59E655 #55A2E6
split-complementary
#E255E6 #A2E655 #55E69A
monochromatic
#A419A8 #D821DD #E255E6 #EB8AEE #F4C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15
#E255E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68
#E255E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E6
6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E255E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E255E61.003.156.686.68
#FFFFFF3.151.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6821.001.001.00
##0000006.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3F86EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7597E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E86996
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e255e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.238 326.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8eee',
    500: '#e255e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e255e6;
$custom-light: #ef8eee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e255e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.345,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68797,
    "c": 0.2383,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E255E6
secondary
#B2E6B1
accent
#D60F15
background
#FFF9FE
surface
#FEF1FD
border
#D6CBD5
text
#170D16
muted
#857E84

Preview Lab

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#E255E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva