All About Color Mauve

#E0B0FF

Mauve is a soft and delicate purple color. It represents femininity and elegance, perfect for creating a gentle and romantic space.

About Mauve

Mauve is a very light purple color with the hex code #E0B0FF. In RGB it is red 224, green 176, blue 255; in HSL it is hue 276°, saturation 100%, lightness 85%; in CMYK it is 12%, 31%, 0%, 0%. Its contrast ratio is 1.78:1 on white and 11.82:1 on black.

#E0B0FF Color Conversion

Hex tripletE0, B0, FF
CMYK12.16%, 30.98%, 0.00%, 0.00%
RGB Decimal224, 176, 255
HSL276°, 100%, 85%
RGB Octal340, 260, 377
HSV (HSB)276.46°, 30.98%, 100.00%
RGB Binary11100000, 10110000, 11111111
CIE-L*AB78.53, 31.51, -32.49
RGB Percent87.84%, 69.02%, 100.00%
CIE-L*CH78.53, 45.26, 314.11
XYZ64.32, 54.12, 101.66
CIE-L*UV78.53, 20.41, -57.10
xyY0.29, 0.25, 54.12
Hunter-Lab73.56, 27.32, -30.44
RYB87.84%, 69.02%, 100.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#E0B0FF on a dark background: contrast 11.82:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#E0B0FF on a light background: contrast 1.78:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Mauve, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Mauve. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#E0B0FF · #F5E5FF · #BC57FF · #D1FFB3 · #F0FFE5

Analogous palette

#B3D1FF · #BAB3FF · #E0B0FF · #FFB3F7 · #FFB3D1

Triadic palette

#E0B0FF · #FFE0B3 · #B3FFE0 · #F5E5FF · #FFF5E5

Tetradic palette

#E0B0FF · #FFBAB3 · #D1FFB3 · #B3F7FF · #BC57FF

Monochromatic palette

#A31AFF · #C266FF · #E0B0FF · #F5E5FF · #F5E5FF

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