#E856E9#E856E9

#E856E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.242 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E856E9
RGB	rgb(232, 86, 233)
HSL	hsl(300, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 63.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 73.54, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 87.34, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.2045 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.242 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3137, 29.6980, 80.1045)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E856E9 #57E956

analogous

#9F56E9 #E856E9 #E956A0

triadic

#E856E9 #E9E856 #56E9E8

tetradic

#E856E9 #E99F56 #57E956 #56A0E9

square

#E856E9 #E99F56 #57E956 #56A0E9

split-complementary

#E856E9 #A0E956 #56E99F

monochromatic

#AD17AE #E120E2 #E856E9 #EF8CF0 #F7C2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#E856E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#E856E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E856E9

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E856E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E856E9	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4288ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF6A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e856e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 86, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.242 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38ff0',
    500: '#e856e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e856e9;
$custom-light: #f38ff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e856e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.592,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.24246,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E856E9

secondary

#B3E8B3

accent

#D90C0E

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FFF2FD

border

#D7CCD5

text

#170D17

muted

#857E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #E856E9

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

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