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Pale Purple
#E1BCE6

Pale Purple (#E1BCE6) with RGB(225, 188, 230) and HSL(293, 46%, 82%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

MagentaPastelcool
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Interactive

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Active theme: Pale Purple
Values

Production-ready color values

Copy formats for CSS, handoff docs, tokens, and implementation.

HEX
#E1BCE6
RGB
rgb(225, 188, 230)
HSL
hsl(293, 46%, 82%)
HSV
hsv(293, 18%, 90%)
CMYK
cmyk(2%, 18%, 0%, 10%)
Decimal
14793958
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
1.67:1
Aa
On black
12.54:1
Shades

Tonal scale

#1C0B1E#341538#56225D#793082#9B3EA8#B557C1#C57DCF#D29ADA#E1BCE6#F0DDF3
90080070060050040030020010050
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
1.67:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
12.54:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

Palette combinations from this base color

Open any harmony as a shareable palette route and keep refining from there.

Complementary
Open palette
#E1BCE6#C1E6BC
#E1BCE6#E6E1BC#BCE6E1
Analogous
Open palette
#CCBCE6#D7BCE6#E1BCE6#E6BCE1#E6BCD6
Split complementary
Open palette
#E1BCE6#D6E6BC#BCE6CC
Tetradic
Open palette
#E1BCE6#E6CCBC#C1E6BC#BCD6E6
Monochromatic
Open palette
#451C4A#793082#AC45BA#C57DCF#DEB5E3
Analysis

Design expert profile

Detailed psychological and professional strategy for this specific tone.

Pale Purple (#E1BCE6) with RGB(225, 188, 230) and HSL(293, 46%, 82%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
magentapastelneutralhex-e1bce6h-293s-46l-82
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Pale Purple */
color: #E1BCE6;
background-color: #E1BCE6;
border-color: #E1BCE6;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #e1bce640;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#E1BCE6] text-[#E1BCE6] border-[#E1BCE6] ring-[#E1BCE6]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.882, green: 0.737, blue: 0.902)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFE1BCE6)
Android XML
<color name="pale_purple">#E1BCE6</color>
React Native
{ color: '#E1BCE6' }
Social Media

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#FFFFFF
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#FFFAFA
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#FFFAF0
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#F8F8FF
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#F5F5F5
Seashell
#FFF5EE
Brand Match

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About

About Pale Purple

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Pale Purple sits in the magenta family with a pastel tone, so it opens softer surface systems. It reads as balanced, restrained, and dependable.
Applications
Pale Purple (#E1BCE6) with RGB(225, 188, 230) and HSL(293, 46%, 82%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Magenta
Tone
Pastel
Temperature
neutral
Keywords
magenta, pastel, neutral, hex-e1bce6, h-293, s-46
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#E1BCE6
RGB
rgb(225, 188, 230)
HSL
hsl(293, 46%, 82%)
HSV
hsv(293, 18%, 90%)
CMYK
cmyk(2%, 18%, 0%, 10%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

#1C0B1E#341538#56225D#793082#9B3EA8#B557C1#C57DCF#D29ADA#E1BCE6#F0DDF3
900
#1C0B1E
800
#341538
700
#56225D
600
#793082
500
#9B3EA8
400
#B557C1
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

Move from a single color into full palette ideas based on common harmony systems.

Complementary
Open palette
#E1BCE6#C1E6BC
#E1BCE6#E6E1BC#BCE6E1
Analogous
Open palette
#CCBCE6#D7BCE6#E1BCE6#E6BCE1#E6BCD6
Split complementary
Open palette
#E1BCE6#D6E6BC#BCE6CC
Tetradic
Open palette
#E1BCE6#E6CCBC#C1E6BC#BCD6E6
Monochromatic
Open palette
#451C4A#793082#AC45BA#C57DCF#DEB5E3
Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#D1D1DC
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#D3D6D9
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#DFD4D2
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
1.67:1
Fails normal and large text guidance.
Aa
On black
12.54:1
AAA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

Use nearby colors when you want alternatives with a similar overall feel but a different hue or intensity.

White
#FFFFFF
Snow
#FFFAFA
Floral White
#FFFAF0
Ghost White
#F8F8FF
White Smoke
#F5F5F5
Seashell
#FFF5EE
Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Pale Purple
Closest standard CSS name to #E1BCE6 for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-magenta-pastel
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
magenta-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #E1BCE6 as the core value.
HSL token
293 46% 82%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.
Color palettes

Palette ideas related to this color

These palette routes are pulled from the curated library based on RGB similarity, so you can branch into more complete systems quickly.

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Dreamy Pastel
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pastelsoftpink
Soft Candy
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Open
pastelsoftblue
Purple Dream
Similarity score 27
Open
purplegradientsoft
Slate Dark
Similarity score 31
Open
darkneutralminimal
Lavender Muted
Similarity score 31
Open
mutedpurplesoft
Teal Office
Similarity score 33
Open
cleanprofessionalcool
Muted Sky
Similarity score 34
Open
pastelmutedsoft