#E38EDD#E38EDD

#E38EDD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.143 H 329.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38EDD
RGB	rgb(227, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(304, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 2.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 44.00, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 51.58, 328.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.1235 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.143 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4019, 40.8999, 73.4215)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38EDD #8EE394

analogous

#BE8EE3 #E38EDD #E38EB3

triadic

#E38EDD #DDE38E #8EDDE3

tetradic

#E38EDD #E3BE8E #8EE394 #8EB3E3

square

#E38EDD #E3BE8E #8EE394 #8EB3E3

split-complementary

#E38EDD #B3E38E #8EE3BE

monochromatic

#C631BB #D75DCE #E38EDD #EFBFEC #F9E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E38EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#E38EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38EDD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38EDD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E994AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.143 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb1e7',
    500: '#e38edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38edd;
$custom-light: #edb1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.235,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38EDD

secondary

#DBF0DC

accent

#C82A1E

background

#FEFBFE

surface

#FDF6FC

border

#D5D0D5

text

#161116

muted

#848084

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38EDD

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

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