#EC8CEE#EC8CEE

#EC8CEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.169 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC8CEE
RGB	rgb(236, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(299, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(299, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 50.78, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 61.22, 326.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.1403 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.169 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.4015, 42.7648, 85.9978)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC8CEE #8EEE8C

analogous

#BB8CEE #EC8CEE #EE8CBF

triadic

#EC8CEE #EEEC8C #8CEEEC

tetradic

#EC8CEE #EEBB8C #8EEE8C #8CBFEE

square

#EC8CEE #EEBB8C #8EEE8C #8CBFEE

split-complementary

#EC8CEE #BFEE8C #8CEEBB

monochromatic

#DA21DE #E357E6 #EC8CEE #F5C1F6 #FBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EC8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#EC8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC8CEE

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC8CEE	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F196B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.169 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b0f4',
    500: '#ec8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec8cee;
$custom-light: #f4b0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77406,
    "c": 0.16853,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC8CEE

secondary

#D9F3D8

accent

#D60F13

background

#FFFBFE

surface

#FEF6FD

border

#D6D0D5

text

#171117

muted

#858085

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC8CEE

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

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