#EC5AE5#EC5AE5

#EC5AE5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.236 H 329.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC5AE5
RGB	rgb(236, 90, 229)
HSL	hsl(303, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(303, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 72.27, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 84.27, 329.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.204 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.236 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3907, 30.8060, 77.3003)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC5AE5 #5AEC61

analogous

#AA5AEC #EC5AE5 #EC5A9C

triadic

#EC5AE5 #E5EC5A #5AE5EC

tetradic

#EC5AE5 #ECAA5A #5AEC61 #5A9CEC

square

#EC5AE5 #ECAA5A #5AEC61 #5A9CEC

split-complementary

#EC5AE5 #9CEC5A #5AECAA

monochromatic

#B715AF #E623DC #EC5AE5 #F291EE #F9C8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#EC5AE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#EC5AE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC5AE5

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC5AE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC5AE5	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F46A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec5ae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 90, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.236 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f692ed',
    500: '#ec5ae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec5ae5;
$custom-light: #f692ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec5ae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.877,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.23632,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC5AE5

secondary

#B7EBBA

accent

#DC140A

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FFF2FD

border

#D7CCD5

text

#180E16

muted

#867E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC5AE5

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

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