#E38CED#E38CED

#E38CED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.162 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38CED
RGB	rgb(227, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(294, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(294, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 47.95, -35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 59.60, 323.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.1299 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.162 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.3411, 41.2037, 85.0897)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38CED #96ED8C

analogous

#B38CED #E38CED #ED8CC7

triadic

#E38CED #EDE38C #8CEDE3

tetradic

#E38CED #EDB38C #96ED8C #8CC7ED

square

#E38CED #EDB38C #96ED8C #8CC7ED

split-complementary

#E38CED #C7ED8C #8CEDB3

monochromatic

#C922DC #D657E5 #E38CED #F0C1F5 #F9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E38CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#E38CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38CED

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38CED	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E697B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.162 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edaff3',
    500: '#e38ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38ced;
$custom-light: #edaff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.814,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76361,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38CED

secondary

#DBF3D8

accent

#D51025

background

#FEFAFE

surface

#FDF5FD

border

#D5CFD5

text

#161117

muted

#848085

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38CED

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

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