#EC8ADD#EC8ADD

#EC8ADD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.157 H 332.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8ADD
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(309, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 6.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 48.83, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 55.55, 331.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.1394 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.157 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.7313, 41.2334, 73.3632)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8ADD #8AEC99

analogous

#CA8AEC #EC8ADD #EC8AAC

triadic

#EC8ADD #DDEC8A #8ADDEC

tetradic

#EC8ADD #ECCA8A #8AEC99 #8AACEC

square

#EC8ADD #ECCA8A #8AEC99 #8AACEC

split-complementary

#EC8ADD #ACEC8A #8AECCA

monochromatic

#D823BD #E355CE #EC8ADD #F5BFEC #FBE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#EC8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#EC8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8ADD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8ADD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F490AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.157 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aee7',
    500: '#ec8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8add;
$custom-light: #f4aee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.184,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8ADD

secondary

#D9F2DD

accent

#D42F11

background

#FFFAFE

surface

#FEF5FC

border

#D6CFD5

text

#171016

muted

#857F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8ADD

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

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