#E8AFEA

Closest named color: Light Violet (#D6B4FC). oklch(82.5% 0.102 325.3), rgb(232, 175, 234).

Black text reads best on this color (11.75:1).

About this color

#E8AFEA is a light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 83%, its chroma 0.102 and its hue 325°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Light Violet (#D6B4FC), ΔE 0.035 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.75:1.

Hue family	Purples
Lightness	light (83%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.102)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Light Violet (#D6B4FC)
Black text	11.75:1
White text	1.78:1

Values

HEX	#E8AFEA
RGB	rgb(232, 175, 234)
HSL	hsl(298, 58%, 80%)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.102 325.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #E8AFEA	1.78:1	Fails	Lc -37.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #E8AFEA	11.75:1	AAA	Lc 70.9	Content text, not long reading
#E8AFEA text on white	1.78:1	Fails	Lc 32.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#E8AFEA text on black	11.75:1	AAA	Lc -69.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#FAF2FB

oklch(97% 0.015 322.3)
Step 100
100

#F5E4F5

oklch(93.7% 0.029 325.8)
Step 200
200

#EDCDEE

oklch(88.5% 0.056 325.1)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#E8AFEA

oklch(82.5% 0.102 325.3)
Step 400
400

#D379D7

oklch(70.7% 0.163 325.6)
Step 500
500

#C551CC

oklch(63.1% 0.207 325.4)
Step 600
600

#B02CB9

oklch(55.6% 0.226 325.2)
Step 700
700

#971B9F

oklch(49% 0.21 325.3)
Step 800
800

#7B1B81

oklch(42.7% 0.174 325.4)
Step 900
900

#631F68

oklch(37.7% 0.136 325)
Step 950
950

#3A143D

oklch(27% 0.086 324.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#E8AFEA with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#ABBDEC	0.090
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B8C4E8	0.083
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#EBB4C4	0.060
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C2C2C2	0.102