#EF8AEE#EF8AEE

#EF8AEE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.174 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EF8AEE
RGBrgb(239, 138, 238)
HSLhsl(301, 76%, 74%)
HSVhsv(301, 42%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.3%, 0.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(71.35, 52.67, -34.23)
CIE-LCHlch(71.35, 62.82, 326.98°)
OKLaboklab(77.45% 0.1464 -0.0935)
OKLCHoklch(77.45% 0.174 327.4)
XYZxyz(60.1166, 42.7037, 85.9484)
Luminance0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EF8AEE #8AEF8B
analogous
#BE8AEF #EF8AEE #EF8ABC
triadic
#EF8AEE #EEEF8A #8AEEEF
tetradic
#EF8AEE #EFBE8A #8AEF8B #8ABCEF
square
#EF8AEE #EFBE8A #8AEF8B #8ABCEF
split-complementary
#EF8AEE #BCEF8A #8AEFBE
monochromatic
#E01FDE #E854E6 #EF8AEE #F6C0F6 #FBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#EF8AEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54
#EF8AEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8AEE
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EF8AEE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EF8AEE1.002.209.549.54
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5421.001.001.00
##0000009.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#82A6F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EB3EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F594B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ef8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.174 327.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6aff4',
    500: '#ef8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ef8aee;
$custom-light: #f6aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ef8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.594,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77451,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EF8AEE
secondary
#D8F3D8
accent
#D80F0D
background
#FFFAFE
surface
#FFF5FD
border
#D7CFD5
text
#171117
muted
#858085

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#EF8AEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva