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#e0b0ff Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#e0b0ff (Mauve) is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 69.02% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.16% cyan, 30.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 276.46°, with 100% saturation and 84.51% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.82:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Web safe#cc99ff
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Relative luminance0.5412

Complementary

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #cfffb0

Split complementary

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #f6ffb0
  3. #b0ffb9

Analogous

  1. #b9b0ff
  2. #e0b0ff
  3. #ffb0f6

Triadic

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #ffe0b0
  3. #b0ffe0

Tetradic

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #ffb0cf
  3. #cfffb0
  4. #b0ffe0

Square

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #ffb9b0
  3. #cfffb0
  4. #b0f6ff

Monochromatic

  1. #a417ff
  2. #c264ff
  3. #e0b0ff
  4. #f7ebff
  5. #f7ebff

Shades

#e0b0ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #ca9ee6
  3. #b38dcc
  4. #9d7bb3
  5. #866a99
  6. #705880
  7. #5a4666
  8. #43354d
  9. #2d2333
  10. #16121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e0b0ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #e3b8ff
  3. #e6c0ff
  4. #e9c8ff
  5. #ecd0ff
  6. #f0d8ff
  7. #f3dfff
  8. #f6e7ff
  9. #f9efff
  10. #fcf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e0b0ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e0b0ff
  2. #d6abf2
  3. #cda6e6
  4. #c3a2d9
  5. #ba9dcc
  6. #b098c0
  7. #a693b3
  8. #9d8ea6
  9. #938a99
  10. #8a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cfbbdd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3c0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adc3fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddbacd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bebaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c4bcfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #deb6e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e0b0ff {
  color: #e0b0ff;
}
Background
.bg-e0b0ff {
  background-color: #e0b0ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e0b0ff {
  border: 2px solid #e0b0ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e0b0ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 176 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e0b0ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e0b0ff, #ffb0f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e0b0ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 176 255 / 0.35);
}

#c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.35 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 6.87 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.64 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.37 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.93 #1f4f00 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Mauve
#e0b0ff  rgb(224, 176, 255)  hsl(276, 100%, 85%)  Mauve
#cfffb0  rgb(207, 255, 176)  hsl(96, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green
#ffe0b0  rgb(255, 224, 176)  hsl(36, 100%, 85%)  Navajo White
#b0ffe0  rgb(176, 255, 224)  hsl(156, 100%, 85%)  Magic Mint