#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
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(298, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 63%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 72.04, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 86.20, 326.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.1991 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.238 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8946, 28.3821, 77.7505)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##E255E6	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E255E6

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

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