#EE55E6#EE55E6

#EE55E6 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.244 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE55E6
RGB	rgb(238, 85, 230)
HSL	hsl(303, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(303, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 3.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 74.84, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 87.04, 329.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.2117 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.245 330)
XYZ	xyz(52.7910, 30.3911, 77.9332)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE55E6 #55EE5D

analogous

#A955EE #EE55E6 #EE5599

triadic

#EE55E6 #E6EE55 #55E6EE

tetradic

#EE55E6 #EEA955 #55EE5D #5599EE

square

#EE55E6 #EEA955 #55EE5D #5599EE

split-complementary

#EE55E6 #99EE55 #55EEA9

monochromatic

#B612AE #E81DDE #EE55E6 #F48DEE #F9C4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#EE55E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#EE55E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE55E6

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE55E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE55E6	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4788EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee55e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 85, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.244 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78fee',
    500: '#ee55e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee55e6;
$custom-light: #f78fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee55e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.137,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.2445,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.30387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE55E6

secondary

#B4EBB7

accent

#DE1307

background

#FFF9FE

surface

#FFF2FD

border

#D7CCD5

text

#180D16

muted

#867E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE55E6

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

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