#E256E5#E256E5

#E256E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.236 H 326.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256E5
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(299, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(299, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 71.48, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 85.34, 326.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.1979 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.236 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8338, 28.4846, 77.0395)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256E5 #59E556

analogous

#9B56E5 #E256E5 #E556A1

triadic

#E256E5 #E5E256 #56E5E2

tetradic

#E256E5 #E59B56 #59E556 #56A1E5

square

#E256E5 #E59B56 #59E556 #56A1E5

split-complementary

#E256E5 #A1E556 #56E59B

monochromatic

#A41AA7 #D822DC #E256E5 #EB8BED #F4C0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E256E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#E256E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256E5

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256E5	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4186E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.236 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8fee',
    500: '#e256e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256e5;
$custom-light: #ef8fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.741,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68847,
    "c": 0.23623,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256E5

secondary

#B2E6B1

accent

#D51014

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF1FD

border

#D6CBD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256E5

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

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