#EE8AEE#EE8AEE

#EE8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.173 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8AEE
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(300, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(300, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 52.38, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 62.68, 326.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.1453 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.173 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7799, 42.5300, 85.9326)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8AEE #8AEE8A

analogous

#BC8AEE #EE8AEE #EE8ABC

triadic

#EE8AEE #EEEE8A #8AEEEE

tetradic

#EE8AEE #EEBC8A #8AEE8A #8ABCEE

square

#EE8AEE #EEBC8A #8AEE8A #8ABCEE

split-complementary

#EE8AEE #BCEE8A #8AEEBC

monochromatic

#DD20DD #E655E6 #EE8AEE #F6BFF6 #FBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EE8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#EE8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8AEE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8AEE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F494B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.173 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5aff4',
    500: '#ee8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8aee;
$custom-light: #f5aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77337,
    "c": 0.17309,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8AEE

secondary

#D8F3D8

accent

#D70F0F

background

#FFFAFE

surface

#FFF5FD

border

#D7CFD5

text

#171117

muted

#858085

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8AEE

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

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