#E256CC#E256CC

#E256CC is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.217 H 334.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256CC
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 204)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 9.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 67.49, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 75.73, 333.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.1956 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.217 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5912, 27.1876, 59.9615)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256CC #56E26C

analogous

#B256E2 #E256CC #E25686

triadic

#E256CC #CCE256 #56CCE2

tetradic

#E256CC #E2B256 #56E26C #5686E2

square

#E256CC #E2B256 #56E26C #5686E2

split-complementary

#E256CC #86E256 #56E2B2

monochromatic

#A21C8D #D625BA #E256CC #EB8ADC #F4BEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E256CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E256CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256CC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256CC	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5581D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8296C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC6089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.217 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8edc',
    500: '#e256cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256cc;
$custom-light: #ee8edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67609,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256CC

secondary

#B0E4B8

accent

#D33113

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256CC

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

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