#E257CE#E257CE

#E257CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.217 H 333.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E257CE
RGB	rgb(226, 87, 206)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 67.39, -35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 76.00, 332.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.1947 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.217 333.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9130, 27.4449, 61.2598)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E257CE #57E26B

analogous

#B157E2 #E257CE #E25789

triadic

#E257CE #CEE257 #57CEE2

tetradic

#E257CE #E2B157 #57E26B #5789E2

square

#E257CE #E2B157 #57E26B #5789E2

split-complementary

#E257CE #89E257 #57E2B1

monochromatic

#A31C8F #D725BD #E257CE #EB8BDD #F4BFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E257CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E257CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E257CE

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E257CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E257CE	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5482D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8196CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC618B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e257ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 87, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.217 333.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8fdd',
    500: '#e257ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e257ce;
$custom-light: #ee8fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e257ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.633,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6781,
    "c": 0.21702,
    "h": 333.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E257CE

secondary

#B0E4B8

accent

#D32F13

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E257CE

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

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