#E257CB#E257CB

#E257CB is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.215 H 334.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E257CB
RGBrgb(226, 87, 203)
HSLhsl(310, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(310, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.5%, 10.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(59.25, 66.93, -33.64)
CIE-LCHlch(59.25, 74.90, 333.31°)
OKLaboklab(67.67% 0.1943 -0.0916)
OKLCHoklch(67.67% 0.215 334.8)
XYZxyz(45.5520, 27.3005, 59.3587)
Luminance0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E257CB #57E26E
analogous
#B457E2 #E257CB #E25786
triadic
#E257CB #CBE257 #57CBE2
tetradic
#E257CB #E2B457 #57E26E #5786E2
square
#E257CB #E2B457 #57E26E #5786E2
split-complementary
#E257CB #86E257 #57E2B4
monochromatic
#A31C8C #D725B9 #E257CB #EB8BDB #F4BFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25
#E257CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46
#E257CB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E257CB
6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E257CB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E257CB1.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5681CF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8396C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EC6089
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e257cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 87, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.215 334.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8fdb',
    500: '#e257cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e257cb;
$custom-light: #ee8fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e257cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.928,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6767,
    "c": 0.2148,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E257CB
secondary
#B0E4B9
accent
#D33313
background
#FFF9FD
surface
#FEF1FB
border
#D6CBD4
text
#170D15
muted
#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E257CB

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#E257CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva