#E256D9#E256D9

#E256D9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.227 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256D9
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 217)
HSL	hsl(304, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(304, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 69.52, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 80.61, 329.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.1971 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.227 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2159, 27.8374, 68.5185)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256D9 #56E25F

analogous

#A556E2 #E256D9 #E25693

triadic

#E256D9 #D9E256 #56D9E2

tetradic

#E256D9 #E2A556 #56E25F #5693E2

square

#E256D9 #E2A556 #56E25F #5693E2

split-complementary

#E256D9 #93E256 #56E2A5

monochromatic

#A21C99 #D625CB #E256D9 #EB8AE5 #F4BEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E256D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E256D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256D9

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256D9	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C84DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA6590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.227 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8ee5',
    500: '#e256d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256d9;
$custom-light: #ee8ee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68235,
    "c": 0.22673,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256D9

secondary

#B0E4B3

accent

#D31F13

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FC

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256D9

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

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