#E856E5#E856E5

#E856E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.239 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E856E5
RGB	rgb(232, 86, 229)
HSL	hsl(301, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(301, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 1.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 72.89, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 85.76, 328.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.2043 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.239 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7488, 29.4720, 77.1293)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E856E5 #56E859

analogous

#A256E8 #E856E5 #E8569C

triadic

#E856E5 #E5E856 #56E5E8

tetradic

#E856E5 #E8A256 #56E859 #569CE8

square

#E856E5 #E8A256 #56E859 #569CE8

split-complementary

#E856E5 #9CE856 #56E8A2

monochromatic

#AC17A9 #E120DD #E856E5 #EF8CED #F7C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#E856E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#E856E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E856E5

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E856E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E856E5	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4587E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF6896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e856e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 86, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.239 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38fee',
    500: '#e856e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e856e5;
$custom-light: #f38fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e856e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.233,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69652,
    "c": 0.23932,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E856E5

secondary

#B2E8B3

accent

#D8110D

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FFF2FD

border

#D7CCD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #E856E5

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

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