#EC8AE2#EC8AE2

#EC8AE2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.161 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8AE2
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(306, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(306, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 4.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 49.69, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 57.50, 329.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.1405 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.161 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4074, 41.5038, 76.9240)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8AE2 #8AEC94

analogous

#C58AEC #EC8AE2 #EC8AB1

triadic

#EC8AE2 #E2EC8A #8AE2EC

tetradic

#EC8AE2 #ECC58A #8AEC94 #8AB1EC

square

#EC8AE2 #ECC58A #8AEC94 #8AB1EC

split-complementary

#EC8AE2 #B1EC8A #8AECC5

monochromatic

#D823C6 #E355D5 #EC8AE2 #F5BFEF #FBE5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EC8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#EC8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8AE2

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8AE2	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F391AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.161 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aeeb',
    500: '#ec8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8ae2;
$custom-light: #f4aeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.122,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76602,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8AE2

secondary

#D9F2DB

accent

#D42511

background

#FFFAFE

surface

#FEF5FD

border

#D6CFD5

text

#171016

muted

#857F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8AE2

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

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