#EC8AEE#EC8AEE

#EC8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.172 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8AEE
RGB	rgb(236, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(299, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(299, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 51.80, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 62.40, 326.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.1431 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.172 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1119, 42.1856, 85.9013)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8AEE #8CEE8A

analogous

#BA8AEE #EC8AEE #EE8ABE

triadic

#EC8AEE #EEEC8A #8AEEEC

tetradic

#EC8AEE #EEBA8A #8CEE8A #8ABEEE

square

#EC8AEE #EEBA8A #8CEE8A #8ABEEE

split-complementary

#EC8AEE #BEEE8A #8AEEBA

monochromatic

#DA20DD #E355E6 #EC8AEE #F5BFF6 #FBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EC8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EC8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8AEE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8AEE	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F194B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.172 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4aef4',
    500: '#ec8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8aee;
$custom-light: #f4aef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.8,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77109,
    "c": 0.17185,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8AEE

secondary

#D9F3D8

accent

#D70F13

background

#FFFAFE

surface

#FEF5FD

border

#D6CFD5

text

#171017

muted

#857F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8AEE

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

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