#E257DD#E257DD

#E257DD is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.229 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E257DD
RGB	rgb(226, 87, 221)
HSL	hsl(302, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(302, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 2.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 69.76, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 81.70, 328.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.1963 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.229 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8229, 28.2089, 71.3186)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E257DD #57E25C

analogous

#A257E2 #E257DD #E25798

triadic

#E257DD #DDE257 #57DDE2

tetradic

#E257DD #E2A257 #57E25C #5798E2

square

#E257DD #E2A257 #57E25C #5798E2

split-complementary

#E257DD #98E257 #57E2A2

monochromatic

#A31C9E #D725D0 #E257DD #EB8BE8 #F4BFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E257DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#E257DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E257DD

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E257DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E257DD	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E96792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e257dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 87, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.229 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee8fe8',
    500: '#e257dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e257dd;
$custom-light: #ee8fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e257dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.158,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68541,
    "c": 0.22855,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E257DD

secondary

#B0E4B2

accent

#D31A13

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FEF2FC

border

#D6CCD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E257DD

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

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