#E856C5#E856C5

#E856C5 is a light, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.216 H 338.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E856C5
RGB	rgb(232, 86, 197)
HSL	hsl(314, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(314, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 15.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 68.00, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 74.07, 336.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.2006 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.216 338.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6854, 27.8466, 55.7287)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E856C5 #56E879

analogous

#C256E8 #E856C5 #E8567C

triadic

#E856C5 #C5E856 #56C5E8

tetradic

#E856C5 #E8C256 #56E879 #567CE8

square

#E856C5 #E8C256 #56E879 #567CE8

split-complementary

#E856C5 #7CE856 #56E8C2

monochromatic

#AC1789 #E120B3 #E856C5 #EF8CD7 #F7C2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E856C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E856C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E856C5

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E856C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E856C5	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C81C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F45B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e856c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 86, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.216 338.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38ed7',
    500: '#e856c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e856c5;
$custom-light: #f38ed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e856c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.384,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68128,
    "c": 0.21578,
    "h": 338.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E856C5

secondary

#B2E8BF

accent

#D83E0D

background

#FFF9FD

surface

#FFF1FA

border

#D7CBD3

text

#170D14

muted

#857E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #E856C5

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

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