#EE42E1#EE42E1

#EE42E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.262 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE42E1
RGB	rgb(238, 66, 225)
HSL	hsl(305, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.3%, 5.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 80.56, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 92.59, 330.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.2301 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.262 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7987, 27.5139, 73.8548)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE42E1 #42EE4F

analogous

#A542EE #EE42E1 #EE428B

triadic

#EE42E1 #E1EE42 #42E1EE

tetradic

#EE42E1 #EEA542 #42EE4F #428BEE

square

#EE42E1 #EEA542 #42EE4F #428BEE

split-complementary

#EE42E1 #8BEE42 #42EEA5

monochromatic

#A70F9B #DF14CF #EE42E1 #F37AEA #F8B2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#EE42E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#EE42E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EE42E1

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE42E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE42E1	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7898DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8578E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee42e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 66, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.262 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f886eb',
    500: '#ee42e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee42e1;
$custom-light: #f886eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee42e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.535,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68505,
    "c": 0.26221,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE42E1

secondary

#A5E7AA

accent

#FA3D2E

background

#FFF8FE

surface

#FFF0FD

border

#D7CBD5

text

#180C16

muted

#867D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE42E1

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

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