#E38CFD#E38CFD
#E38CFD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.178 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E38CFD |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 140, 253) |
| HSL | hsl(286, 97%, 77%) |
| HSV | hsv(286, 45%, 99%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.3%, 44.7%, 0%, 0.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.00, 51.02, -43.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.00, 66.77, 319.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.09% 0.1328 -0.1191) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.09% 0.178 318.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.7838, 42.1808, 97.9546) |
| Luminance | 0.4218 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Violet (CSS)
#EE82EE
ΔE00 4.03
Liliac
#C48EFD
ΔE00 5.95
Baby Purple
#CA9BF7
ΔE00 6.08
Purply Pink
#F075E6
ΔE00 6.26
Lavender Pink
#DD85D7
ΔE00 6.49
Lilac (survey)
#CEA2FD
ΔE00 6.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E38CFD #A6FD8C
analogous
#AB8CFD #E38CFD #FD8CDE
triadic
#E38CFD #FDE38C #8CFDE3
tetradic
#E38CFD #FDAB8C #A6FD8C #8CDEFD
square
#E38CFD #FDAB8C #A6FD8C #8CDEFD
split-complementary
#E38CFD #DEFD8C #8CFDAB
monochromatic
#C614FB #D450FC #E38CFD #F2C8FE #F8E1FE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E38CFD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E38CFD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E38CFD
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E38CFD | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E38CFD | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#79A8FF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91B1FA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E39BB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e38cfd; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 140, 253); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.178 318.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeb0fe',
500: '#e38cfd',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e38cfd; $custom-light: #eeb0fe; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e38cfd",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 140,
"b": 253
},
"hsl": {
"h": 286.195,
"s": 96.581,
"l": 77.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77089,
"c": 0.17836,
"h": 318.1
},
"luminance": 0.42179
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E38CFD
secondary
#DCF7D4
accent
#E60035
background
#FEFBFF
surface
#FDF6FF
border
#D5D0D7
text
#171118
muted
#858086