#EE8AED#EE8AED
#EE8AED is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.172 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EE8AED |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(238, 138, 237) |
| HSL | hsl(301, 75%, 74%) |
| HSV | hsv(301, 42%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 42%, 0.4%, 6.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 52.20, -33.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 62.26, 326.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.29% 0.1451 -0.0927) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.29% 0.172 327.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.6334, 42.4714, 85.1610) |
| Luminance | 0.4247 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Violet (CSS)
#EE82EE
ΔE00 1.73
Lavender Pink
#DD85D7
ΔE00 3.95
Purply Pink
#F075E6
ΔE00 4.09
Candy Pink
#FF63E9
ΔE00 6.75
Orchid
#DA70D6
ΔE00 6.80
Plum
#DDA0DD
ΔE00 7.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EE8AED #8AEE8B
analogous
#BD8AEE #EE8AED #EE8ABB
triadic
#EE8AED #EDEE8A #8AEDEE
tetradic
#EE8AED #EEBD8A #8AEE8B #8ABBEE
square
#EE8AED #EEBD8A #8AEE8B #8ABBEE
split-complementary
#EE8AED #BBEE8A #8AEEBD
monochromatic
#DD20DC #E655E5 #EE8AED #F6BFF5 #FBE4FB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EE8AED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#EE8AED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EE8AED
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EE8AED | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EE8AED | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.49 | 9.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#82A6F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB3EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F494B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ee8aed; /* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 237); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.172 327.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5aff3',
500: '#ee8aed',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ee8aed; $custom-light: #f5aff3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ee8aed",
"rgb": {
"r": 238,
"g": 138,
"b": 237
},
"hsl": {
"h": 300.6,
"s": 74.627,
"l": 73.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77293,
"c": 0.17218,
"h": 327.4
},
"luminance": 0.42469
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EE8AED
secondary
#D8F3D8
accent
#D7110F
background
#FFFAFE
surface
#FFF5FD
border
#D7CFD5
text
#171117
muted
#858085