#EA55E5#EA55E5

#EA55E5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.242 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA55E5
RGB	rgb(234, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(302, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(302, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 2.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 73.74, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 86.35, 328.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.2075 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.242 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3226, 29.6502, 77.1334)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA55E5 #55EA5A

analogous

#A455EA #EA55E5 #EA559B

triadic

#EA55E5 #E5EA55 #55E5EA

tetradic

#EA55E5 #EAA455 #55EA5A #559BEA

square

#EA55E5 #EAA455 #55EA5A #559BEA

split-complementary

#EA55E5 #9BEA55 #55EAA4

monochromatic

#AF16AA #E31FDD #EA55E5 #F18BED #F7C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#EA55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#EA55E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA55E5

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA55E5	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4687E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F26796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.242 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48fee',
    500: '#ea55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea55e5;
$custom-light: #f48fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.013,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69822,
    "c": 0.24163,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA55E5

secondary

#B2E8B4

accent

#DA120B

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FFF2FD

border

#D7CCD5

text

#170D16

muted

#857E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA55E5

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

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