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#E0B3FF

#e0b3ff ≈ Mauve

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#e0b3ff 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, 70.2% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.16% cyan, 29.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 275.53°, with 100% saturation and 85.1% 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 12.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mauve (#e0b0ff), ΔE 0.82.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.5531

Complementary

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #d2ffb3

Split complementary

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #f8ffb3
  3. #b3ffba

Analogous

  1. #bab3ff
  2. #e0b3ff
  3. #ffb3f8

Triadic

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #ffe0b3
  3. #b3ffe0

Tetradic

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #ffb3d2
  3. #d2ffb3
  4. #b3ffe0

Square

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #ffbab3
  3. #d2ffb3
  4. #b3f8ff

Monochromatic

  1. #a21aff
  2. #c167ff
  3. #e0b3ff
  4. #f7ebff
  5. #f7ebff

Shades

#e0b3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #caa1e6
  3. #b38fcc
  4. #9d7db3
  5. #866b99
  6. #705a80
  7. #5a4866
  8. #43364d
  9. #2d2433
  10. #16121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#e0b3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #e3bbff
  3. #e6c2ff
  4. #e9caff
  5. #ecd1ff
  6. #f0d9ff
  7. #f3e1ff
  8. #f6e8ff
  9. #f9f0ff
  10. #fcf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e0b3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e0b3ff
  2. #d6aef2
  3. #cda9e6
  4. #c3a4d9
  5. #ba9fcc
  6. #b09ac0
  7. #a694b3
  8. #9d8fa6
  9. #938a99
  10. #8a858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d0bede ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6c2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c5fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ddbdce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0bcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5befe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #deb9e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e0b3ff {
  color: #e0b3ff;
}
Background
.bg-e0b3ff {
  background-color: #e0b3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e0b3ff {
  border: 2px solid #e0b3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e0b3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 179 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 276 100% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e0b3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e0b3ff, #ffb3f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e0b3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 179 255 / 0.35);
}

#e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 0.82 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 6.51 #dda0dd Plum ΔE 7.12 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 10.52 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.71 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 11.78 #d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 12.39 #1f4c00 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Mauve
#e0b3ff  rgb(224, 179, 255)  hsl(276, 100%, 85%)  Mauve
#d2ffb3  rgb(210, 255, 179)  hsl(96, 100%, 85%)  Tea Green
#ffe0b3  rgb(255, 224, 179)  hsl(36, 100%, 85%)  Navajo White
#b3ffe0  rgb(179, 255, 224)  hsl(156, 100%, 85%)  Magic Mint