#E255E8#E255E8

#E255E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.240 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255E8
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 232)
HSL	hsl(298, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 63.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 72.38, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 87.01, 326.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.1992 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.24 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1770, 28.4950, 79.2382)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255E8 #5BE855

analogous

#9955E8 #E255E8 #E855A5

triadic

#E255E8 #E8E255 #55E8E2

tetradic

#E255E8 #E89955 #5BE855 #55A5E8

square

#E255E8 #E89955 #5BE855 #55A5E8

split-complementary

#E255E8 #A5E855 #55E899

monochromatic

#A517AB #D91FE1 #E255E8 #EB8BEF #F4C1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E255E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#E255E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255E8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255E8	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D86EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.240 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8ef0',
    500: '#e255e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255e8;
$custom-light: #ef8ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.551,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68902,
    "c": 0.23992,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255E8

secondary

#B4E7B1

accent

#D80D15

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255E8

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

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