#EC9CEE#EC9CEE

#EC9CEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC9CEE
RGB	rgb(236, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(299, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(299, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 42.52, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 51.53, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.1172 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.141 326)
XYZ	xyz(61.9117, 47.7852, 86.8346)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC9CEE #9EEE9C

analogous

#C39CEE #EC9CEE #EE9CC7

triadic

#EC9CEE #EEEC9C #9CEEEC

tetradic

#EC9CEE #EEC39C #9EEE9C #9CC7EE

square

#EC9CEE #EEC39C #9EEE9C #9CC7EE

split-complementary

#EC9CEE #C7EE9C #9CEEC3

monochromatic

#D834DC #E268E5 #EC9CEE #F6D0F7 #FAE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#EC9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#EC9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC9CEE

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC9CEE	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3baf3',
    500: '#ec9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec9cee;
$custom-light: #f3baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.537,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79883,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.47783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC9CEE

secondary

#D9F2D9

accent

#D31317

background

#FFFBFE

surface

#FEF6FD

border

#D6D0D5

text

#171217

muted

#858185

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC9CEE

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

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