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Mauve

#E5AEFF

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.78:1Fails

Black text

11.15:1AAA

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About Mauve

Mauve (#E5AEFF) is a light vivid purple. Its RGB value is 229, 174, 255 and its HSL value is 281°, 100%, 84%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Mauve, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#E5AEFF · #C8FFAE

Analogous

#BDAEFF · #E5AEFF · #FFAEF0

Triadic

#E5AEFF · #FFE5AE · #AEFFE5

Split complementary

#E5AEFF · #F0FFAE · #AEFFBD

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