HEX atlas value

#E0B0FF

#E0B0FF is a cool purple HEX color nearest Mauve. RGB 224, 176, 255, HSL 276° 100% 85%, luminance 0.5412; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool pastel

#E0B0FF Sample readable text

HEX #E0B0FF

RGB rgb(224, 176, 255)

HSL hsl(276 100% 85%)

CMYK cmyk(12, 31, 0, 0)

Luminance 0.5412

Contrast Black 11.82:1White 1.78:1

CSS

--color-e0b0ff: #E0B0FF;
.background-e0b0ff { background-color: #E0B0FF; }
.text-e0b0ff { color: #E0B0FF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #E0B0FF

#E0B0FF is classified as a cool purple value with pastel visual character. #E0B0FF is visually closest to Mauve, a named purple color with HEX #E0B0FF.

The RGB channels are 224, 176, and 255, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 276deg with 100% saturation and 85% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.5412, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.82:1AA Pass

White text1.78:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E0B0FF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.82:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.78:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #D1FFB3#D1FFB3 · #000000 text · best 18.67:1 Powder Lavender#DCD0FF · #000000 text · best 14.51:1 Periwinkle#CCCCFF · #000000 text · best 13.65:1 #FFB3F7#FFB3F7 · #000000 text · best 13.04:1

Generated Palette

Mauve#E0B0FF

#D1FFB3#D1FFB3

#BAB3FF#BAB3FF

#FFB3F7#FFB3F7

White#FFFFFF

#BC57FF#BC57FF

Color Harmonies

#D1FFB3#D1FFB3

#BAB3FF#BAB3FF

#FFB3F7#FFB3F7

#FFE0B3#FFE0B3

#B3FFE0#B3FFE0

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#BC57FF#BC57FF

#E0B3FF#E0B3FF

#DFBBF7#DFBBF7

White#FFFFFF

#F1DBFF#F1DBFF

Nearest Named Colors

Mauve#E0B0FF

Powder Lavender#DCD0FF

Periwinkle#CCCCFF

Plum#DDA0DD

Pastel Lavender#D8BFD8

Luminance0.5412

Black text11.82:1AA Pass

White text1.78:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#E0B0FF","rgb":[224,176,255],"hsl":[276,100,85],"cmyk":[12,31,0,0],"luminance":0.5412,"contrast":{"black":11.82,"white":1.78}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.82,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.78,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D1FFB3","hex":"#D1FFB3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.67,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Powder Lavender","hex":"#DCD0FF","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.51,"contrastWhite":1.45,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Periwinkle","hex":"#CCCCFF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.65,"contrastWhite":1.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FFB3F7","hex":"#FFB3F7","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.04,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","pastel","pastel purple","Mauve adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e0b0ff.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mauve.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-lavender.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/periwinkle.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D1FFB3","analogous":["#BAB3FF","#FFB3F7"],"triadic":["#FFE0B3","#B3FFE0"],"tetradic":["#FFBAB3","#D1FFB3","#B3F7FF"],"splitComplementary":["#F7FFB3","#B3FFBA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E0B0FF","#BC57FF"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#BC57FF","saturated":"#E0B3FF","desaturated":"#DFBBF7","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#F1DBFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"mauve","name":"Mauve","hex":"#E0B0FF","distance":0},{"slug":"powder-lavender","name":"Powder Lavender","hex":"#DCD0FF","distance":32.2490309931942},{"slug":"periwinkle","name":"Periwinkle","hex":"#CCCCFF","distance":34.40930106817051},{"slug":"plum","name":"Plum","hex":"#DDA0DD","distance":37.69615364994153},{"slug":"pastel-lavender","name":"Pastel Lavender","hex":"#D8BFD8","distance":42.5440947723653}]

#E0B0FF

CSS

About #E0B0FF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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