#E256D8#E256D8

#E256D8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.226 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256D8
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 216)
HSL	hsl(304, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(304, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 4.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 69.36, -40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 80.22, 329.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.197 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.226 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0863, 27.7856, 67.8356)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256D8 #56E260

analogous

#A656E2 #E256D8 #E25692

triadic

#E256D8 #D8E256 #56D8E2

tetradic

#E256D8 #E2A656 #56E260 #5692E2

square

#E256D8 #E2A656 #56E260 #5692E2

split-complementary

#E256D8 #92E256 #56E2A6

monochromatic

#A21C98 #D625C9 #E256D8 #EB8AE4 #F4BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E256D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E256D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256D8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256D8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C83DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA648F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.226 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8ee4',
    500: '#e256d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256d8;
$custom-light: #ee8ee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68185,
    "c": 0.22596,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256D8

secondary

#B0E4B3

accent

#D32013

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FC

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D15

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256D8

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

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