#EA55E6#EA55E6

#EA55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.242 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA55E6
RGB	rgb(234, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(302, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(302, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 1.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 73.90, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 86.74, 328.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.2075 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.242 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4626, 29.7062, 77.8709)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA55E6 #55EA59

analogous

#A455EA #EA55E6 #EA559B

triadic

#EA55E6 #E6EA55 #55E6EA

tetradic

#EA55E6 #EAA455 #55EA59 #559BEA

square

#EA55E6 #EAA455 #55EA59 #559BEA

split-complementary

#EA55E6 #9BEA55 #55EAA4

monochromatic

#AF16AB #E31FDE #EA55E6 #F18BEE #F7C2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#EA55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#EA55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA55E6

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA55E6	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)

#4587EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F26796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.242 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48fee',
    500: '#ea55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea55e6;
$custom-light: #f48fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.611,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69873,
    "c": 0.2424,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA55E6

secondary

#B2E8B4

accent

#DA110B

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FFF2FD

border

#D7CCD5

text

#180D16

muted

#867E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA55E6

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

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