pinkneutralCC0 survey name

Pale Mauve #FED0FC

Pale Mauve is a light, vivid neutral color (#FED0FC; HSL 303° 96% 91%). Name from the public-domain xkcd color survey (CC0), where it was contributed as “pale mauve”.

Use cases: Soft UI · Romantic palettes

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Families: Pinks

Color values

FormatValue
HEX#FED0FC
RGBrgb(254, 208, 252)
HSLhsl(303, 96%, 91%)
HSVhsv(303, 18%, 100%)
OKLCHoklch(91.03% 0.077 327.6)
OKLaboklab(91.03% 0.0649 -0.0412)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.1%, 0.8%, 0.4%)
XYZxyz(80.9976, 73.2126, 101.9412)
CIE-LABlab(88.5, 23.4, -15.4)
CIE-LCHlch(88.5, 28.0, 326.6°)
Luminance0.732 (WCAG relative)
/* Pale Mauve */ --pale-mauve: #fed0fc; color: #fed0fc; background-color: #fed0fc;

Source: xkcd color survey name (public domain, CC0). CSS keyword: palemauve.

Shade scale

Perceptual 50–950 scale, interpolated in CIE-LAB. Step 500 is the base color. Edit in the shade generator →

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Shades (toward black)

#e1b9e0 #c6a2c4 #aa8da9 #90778f #776376 #5e4f5d #473b46 #302930 #1b181b #000000

Tints (toward white)

#fed5fc #ffdafd #ffdefd #ffe3fd #ffe8fe #ffecfe #fff1fe #fff6fe #fffaff #ffffff

Tones (toward gray)

#fbd2f9 #f8d3f6 #f5d5f3 #f2d6f0 #efd7ed #ebd9ea #e8dae7 #e5dce4 #e2dde1 #dedede

Color harmonies

Complementary

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#FED0FC
#D0FED2
#fed0fc #d0fed2

Analogous

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#E9D0FE
#FED0FC
#FED0E5
#e9d0fe #fed0fc #fed0e5

Triadic

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#FED0FC
#FCFED0
#D0FCFE
#fed0fc #fcfed0 #d0fcfe

Tetradic

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#FED0FC
#FEE9D0
#D0FED2
#D0E5FE
#fed0fc #fee9d0 #d0fed2 #d0e5fe

Square

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#FED0FC
#FEE9D0
#D0FED2
#D0E5FE
#fed0fc #fee9d0 #d0fed2 #d0e5fe

Split Complementary

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#FED0FC
#E5FED0
#D0FEE9
#fed0fc #e5fed0 #d0fee9

Monochromatic

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#FB58F4
#FD94F8
#FED0FC
#FEE1FD
#FEE1FD
#fb58f4 #fd94f8 #fed0fc #fee1fd #fee1fd

Accessibility & contrast

1.34
#FED0FC on #FFFFFF
AA text ✗AA large ✗AAA text ✗UI 3:1 ✗
15.64
#FED0FC on #000000
AA text ✓AA large ✓AAA text ✓UI 3:1 ✓

Best text on pale mauve

15.64
#000000 text

WCAG 2.1: AA needs ≥4.5:1 for normal text, ≥3:1 for large text and UI components; AAA needs ≥7:1 / ≥4.5:1. Open the contrast checker →

Color blindness preview

Simulation using the Machado et al. (2009) physiological model, severity 1.0. This is an approximation of perception — not a medical assessment.

Normal vision
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEDBFE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8E0FA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD3DF

Closest named colors

Nearest matches by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance (ΔE₀₀) across the full color database.

ColorNameΔE₀₀
Pale Lavender #EECFFE4.00
Light Lilac #EDC8FF4.64
Light Lavendar #EFC0FE5.61
Pale Lilac #E4CBFF6.46
Light Lavender #DFC5FE7.56
Thistle #D8BFD88.57

Colors that go with pale mauve

Top matches by hue harmony, contrast and saturation compatibility.

Eggplant #380835
12.5:1
Same hue family as pale mauve (Δh 1°) — guaranteed harmony
Midnight #03012D
14.9:1
Warm/cool bridge (Δh 60°) — adds depth without tension
Dark Teal #014D4E
7.2:1
Triadic harmony (Δh ≈122°) — balanced three-way contrast
Evergreen #05472A
8.1:1
Split-complementary angle (Δh ≈149°) — strong but softer than direct complement
Forest Green #2D5A27
6.0:1
Complementary hue (Δh ≈170°) — maximum hue contrast

Values computed from the sRGB color model. CMYK is the naive sRGB conversion without an ICC profile. RGB percentages may differ between color-managed applications.