#E256E2#E256E2

#E256E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.234 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256E2
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 226)
HSL	hsl(300, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 70.98, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 84.14, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.1978 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.234 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4186, 28.3185, 74.8525)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256E2 #56E256

analogous

#9C56E2 #E256E2 #E2569C

triadic

#E256E2 #E2E256 #56E2E2

tetradic

#E256E2 #E29C56 #56E256 #569CE2

square

#E256E2 #E29C56 #56E256 #569CE2

split-complementary

#E256E2 #9CE256 #56E29C

monochromatic

#A21CA2 #D625D6 #E256E2 #EB8AEB #F4BEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#E256E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#E256E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256E2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256E2	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4485E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E96895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.234 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8feb',
    500: '#e256e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256e2;
$custom-light: #ee8feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68691,
    "c": 0.23382,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256E2

secondary

#B0E4B0

accent

#D31313

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256E2

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

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