#E38ADE#E38ADE

#E38ADE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.151 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38ADE
RGB	rgb(227, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(303, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(303, 39%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.2%, 2.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 46.25, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 54.43, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.1296 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.151 329)
XYZ	xyz(53.9510, 39.7843, 73.9304)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38ADE #8AE38F

analogous

#BC8AE3 #E38ADE #E38AB2

triadic

#E38ADE #DEE38A #8ADEE3

tetradic

#E38ADE #E3BC8A #8AE38F #8AB2E3

square

#E38ADE #E3BC8A #8AE38F #8AB2E3

split-complementary

#E38ADE #B2E38A #8AE3BC

monochromatic

#C42FBB #D759D0 #E38ADE #EFBBEC #F9E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E38ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#E38ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38ADE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38ADE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E991AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.151 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaee8',
    500: '#e38ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38ade;
$custom-light: #edaee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.371,
    "s": 61.379,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.39782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38ADE

secondary

#D9F0DA

accent

#C9261C

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF4FC

border

#D5CED5

text

#161016

muted

#847F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38ADE

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

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