#EC8AEB#EC8AEB

#EC8AEB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.169 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8AEB
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 235)
HSL	hsl(301, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(301, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 0.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 51.26, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 61.15, 326.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.1425 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.169 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6749, 42.0108, 83.5994)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8AEB #8AEC8B

analogous

#BC8AEC #EC8AEB #EC8ABA

triadic

#EC8AEB #EBEC8A #8AEBEC

tetradic

#EC8AEB #ECBC8A #8AEC8B #8ABAEC

square

#EC8AEB #ECBC8A #8AEC8B #8ABAEC

split-complementary

#EC8AEB #BAEC8A #8AECBC

monochromatic

#D823D7 #E355E2 #EC8AEB #F5BFF4 #FBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC8AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EC8AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8AEB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8AEB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F293B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.169 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aef1',
    500: '#ec8aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8aeb;
$custom-light: #f4aef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.612,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7698,
    "c": 0.16907,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8AEB

secondary

#D9F2D9

accent

#D41311

background

#FFFAFE

surface

#FEF5FD

border

#D6CFD5

text

#171017

muted

#857F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8AEB

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

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