#E256CE#E256CE

#E256CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.218 H 333.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256CE
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 206)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 67.79, -35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 76.46, 332.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.1959 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.218 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8326, 27.2841, 61.2330)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256CE #56E26A

analogous

#B056E2 #E256CE #E25688

triadic

#E256CE #CEE256 #56CEE2

tetradic

#E256CE #E2B056 #56E26A #5688E2

square

#E256CE #E2B056 #56E26A #5688E2

split-complementary

#E256CE #88E256 #56E2B0

monochromatic

#A21C8F #D625BD #E256CE #EB8ADD #F4BEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E256CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#E256CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256CE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256CE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5382D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.218 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8edd',
    500: '#e256ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256ce;
$custom-light: #ee8edd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.21837,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256CE

secondary

#B0E4B7

accent

#D32E13

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256CE

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

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