#E257D5#E257D5

#E257D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.222 H 331.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E257D5
RGB	rgb(226, 87, 213)
HSL	hsl(306, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(306, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 5.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 68.48, -38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 78.61, 330.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.1955 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.222 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7824, 27.7927, 65.8384)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E257D5 #57E264

analogous

#AA57E2 #E257D5 #E25790

triadic

#E257D5 #D5E257 #57D5E2

tetradic

#E257D5 #E2AA57 #57E264 #5790E2

square

#E257D5 #E2AA57 #57E264 #5790E2

split-complementary

#E257D5 #90E257 #57E2AA

monochromatic

#A31C96 #D725C6 #E257D5 #EB8BE2 #F4BFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E257D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E257D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E257D5

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E257D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E257D5	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5083D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E97D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB648E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e257d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 87, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.222 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8fe2',
    500: '#e257d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e257d5;
$custom-light: #ee8fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e257d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.612,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68145,
    "c": 0.22232,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E257D5

secondary

#B0E4B5

accent

#D32513

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FEF1FB

border

#D6CBD4

text

#170D15

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E257D5

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

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