#E256E6#E256E6

#E256E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.237 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E256E6
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 230)
HSL	hsl(298, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(298, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 71.65, -47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 85.75, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.198 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.237 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9739, 28.5406, 77.7769)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E256E6 #5AE656

analogous

#9A56E6 #E256E6 #E656A2

triadic

#E256E6 #E6E256 #56E6E2

tetradic

#E256E6 #E69A56 #5AE656 #56A2E6

square

#E256E6 #E69A56 #5AE656 #56A2E6

split-complementary

#E256E6 #A2E656 #56E69A

monochromatic

#A519A9 #D921DE #E256E6 #EB8BEE #F4C1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#E256E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#E256E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E256E6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E256E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E256E6	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4086EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E86A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e256e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.237 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ef8fee',
    500: '#e256e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e256e6;
$custom-light: #ef8fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e256e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68899,
    "c": 0.23703,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E256E6

secondary

#B3E6B1

accent

#D60F15

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF2FD

border

#D6CCD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E256E6

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

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