#E256CD#E256CD

#E256CD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.218 H 334.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256CD
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 205)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 9.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 67.64, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 76.10, 332.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.1958 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.218 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7115, 27.2357, 60.5952)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256CD #56E26B

analogous

#B156E2 #E256CD #E25687

triadic

#E256CD #CDE256 #56CDE2

tetradic

#E256CD #E2B156 #56E26B #5687E2

square

#E256CD #E2B156 #56E26B #5687E2

split-complementary

#E256CD #87E256 #56E2B1

monochromatic

#A21C8E #D625BB #E256CD #EB8ADC #F4BEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E256CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E256CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256CD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256CD	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5481D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.218 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8edc',
    500: '#e256cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256cd;
$custom-light: #ee8edc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67655,
    "c": 0.21763,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256CD

secondary

#B0E4B8

accent

#D33013

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256CD

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

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