#E255E7#E255E7

#E255E7 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.239 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255E7
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 231)
HSL	hsl(298, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 72.21, -47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 86.60, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.1991 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.239 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0354, 28.4384, 78.4922)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255E7 #5AE755

analogous

#9955E7 #E255E7 #E755A3

triadic

#E255E7 #E7E255 #55E7E2

tetradic

#E255E7 #E79955 #5AE755 #55A3E7

square

#E255E7 #E79955 #5AE755 #55A3E7

split-complementary

#E255E7 #A3E755 #55E799

monochromatic

#A518AA #D920DF #E255E7 #EB8BEF #F4C0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E255E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#E255E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E7

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255E7	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E86EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.239 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8eef',
    500: '#e255e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255e7;
$custom-light: #ef8eef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.945,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68849,
    "c": 0.23911,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255E7

secondary

#B3E7B1

accent

#D70E15

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255E7

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

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