#E256D5#E256D5

#E256D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.224 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256D5
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 213)
HSL	hsl(306, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(306, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 5.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 68.88, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 79.08, 330.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.1967 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.224 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7020, 27.6319, 65.8116)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256D5 #56E263

analogous

#A956E2 #E256D5 #E2568F

triadic

#E256D5 #D5E256 #56D5E2

tetradic

#E256D5 #E2A956 #56E263 #568FE2

square

#E256D5 #E2A956 #56E263 #568FE2

split-complementary

#E256D5 #8FE256 #56E2A9

monochromatic

#A21C95 #D625C6 #E256D5 #EB8AE2 #F4BEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E256D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E256D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256D5

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256D5	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F83D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E96D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB638E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.224 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8ee2',
    500: '#e256d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256d5;
$custom-light: #ee8ee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68038,
    "c": 0.22366,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256D5

secondary

#B0E4B4

accent

#D32513

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256D5

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

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