#E495F6#E495F6
#E495F6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.157 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E495F6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 149, 246) |
| HSL | hsl(289, 84%, 77%) |
| HSV | hsv(289, 39%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.3%, 39.4%, 0%, 3.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.66, 45.28, -36.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.66, 58.27, 321.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.26% 0.1201 -0.1007) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.26% 0.157 320) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.3748, 44.6446, 92.6605) |
| Luminance | 0.4464 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Violet (CSS)
#EE82EE
ΔE00 4.48
Baby Purple
#CA9BF7
ΔE00 5.63
Lavender Pink
#DD85D7
ΔE00 5.77
Lilac (survey)
#CEA2FD
ΔE00 6.16
Plum
#DDA0DD
ΔE00 6.45
Lavender (survey)
#C79FEF
ΔE00 6.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E495F6 #A7F695
analogous
#B495F6 #E495F6 #F695D8
triadic
#E495F6 #F6E495 #95F6E4
tetradic
#E495F6 #F6B495 #A7F695 #95D8F6
square
#E495F6 #F6B495 #A7F695 #95D8F6
split-complementary
#E495F6 #D8F695 #95F6B4
monochromatic
#C724EC #D65DF1 #E495F6 #F2CDFB #F8E3FD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E495F6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.93
#E495F6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E495F6
9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E495F6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E495F6 | 1.00 | 2.12 | 9.93 | 9.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.12 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#88ADFA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CB5F3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E5A1BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e495f6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 149, 246); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.157 320.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eeb5f9',
500: '#e495f6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e495f6; $custom-light: #eeb5f9; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e495f6",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 149,
"b": 246
},
"hsl": {
"h": 288.866,
"s": 84.348,
"l": 77.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78261,
"c": 0.15671,
"h": 320
},
"luminance": 0.44643
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E495F6
secondary
#DCF5D6
accent
#E1052E
background
#FEFBFF
surface
#FDF6FF
border
#D5D0D7
text
#161117
muted
#848085