Mauve Mystery Color

#685c61

Mauve Mystery is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #97a39e
Complementary Color #5b6863
Color Shade: red magenta (335° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.43% (better contrasting with white)
Mauve Mystery Color Sample
Mauve Mystery Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #685c61

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mauve Mystery Color. The Opera color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Innocent Pink (#856f79) for more energetic effect. Try Purple Basil as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5b6863 is the best complementary color to Mauve Mystery. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #685c61 complementary color is Corduroy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Scorpion are #685b66 and #685d5b. Thus found on the left and right of #685c61 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scorpion and Dorado colors as they work well with Mauve Mystery.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mauve Mystery palette consists of #5b6668 and #5b685d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b6863). Try Nevada and Finlandia colors in combination with #685c61, 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 #685c61 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mauve Mystery. Thus Shuttle Gray and Willow Grove giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mauve Mystery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corduroy, Siam, and Mid Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #685c61 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue 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. Mauve Mystery tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#5b6863) and two others. The Willow Grove is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salt Box – 120° from the complementary Corduroy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #60685b and #635b68.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #685c61 is made of 35% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Mauve Mystery has a hue angle of 335°, a saturation of 6.12% and a lightness of 38.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #685c61 is made of 0% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 59.22% black ink.

HEX #685c61
RGB Decimal rgb(104,92,97)
RGB Percentage 35%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 4.7, 2.74, 59.22
HSL hsl(335,6.12%,38.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(335,11.54%,40.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.3454,5.8125,-1.0946)
XYZ xyz(11.6937,11.4604,12.905)
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