Parma Mauve Color

#5f5680

Parma Mauve is calm, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #a0a97f
Complementary Color #768056
Color Shade: mid blue (252.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 41.96% (better contrasting with white)
Parma Mauve Color Sample
Parma Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f5680

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Parma Mauve Color. The Purple Silhouette color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Purple Blanket (#4a455d) for more calm effect. Try Meteorite as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#768056 is the best complementary color to Parma Mauve. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f5680 complementary color is Flax Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Smoky are #566180 and #745680. Thus found on the left and right of #5f5680 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Rum colors as they work well with Parma Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Parma Mauve palette consists of #618056 and #807456 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#768056). Try Glade Green and Shadow colors in combination with #5f5680, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #5f5680 offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Parma Mauve. Thus Spring Leaves and Roman Coffee giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Parma Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flax Smoke, Falcon, and Cutty Sark split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f5680 square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Parma Mauve tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#768056) and two others. The Roman Coffee is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Flax Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #805f56 and #567680.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f5680 is made of 31% red, 28% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Parma Mauve has a hue angle of 252.86°, a saturation of 19.63% and a lightness of 41.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f5680 is made of 12.95% cyan, 16.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #5f5680
RGB Decimal rgb(95,86,128)
RGB Percentage 31%, 28%, 41%
CMYK 12.95, 16.47, 0, 49.8
HSL hsl(252.86,19.63%,41.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(252.86,32.81%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.9794,13.4574,-22.2957)
XYZ xyz(11.9434,10.647,21.8477)
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