#E255FF#E255FF

#E255FF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.259 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E255FF
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 255)
HSL	hsl(290, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(290, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 76.36, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 96.56, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.1993 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.259 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.6604, 29.8884, 97.5836)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E255FF #72FF55

analogous

#8D55FF #E255FF #FF55C7

triadic

#E255FF #FFE255 #55FFE2

tetradic

#E255FF #FF8D55 #72FF55 #55C7FF

square

#E255FF #FF8D55 #72FF55 #55C7FF

split-complementary

#E255FF #C7FF55 #55FF8D

monochromatic

#B400DA #D818FF #E255FF #EC92FF #F7CFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#E255FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#E255FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E255FF

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E255FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E255FF	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#138BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#659AFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E373A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e255ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.259 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8fff',
    500: '#e255ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e255ff;
$custom-light: #ef8fff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e255ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.765,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7018,
    "c": 0.25889,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E255FF

secondary

#C6F3BD

accent

#E60027

background

#FFF9FF

surface

#FEF2FF

border

#D6CCD7

text

#170D18

muted

#857E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #E255FF

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

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