Mountain Flower Mauve Color

#6c71a6

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

Inverse Color #938e59
Complementary Color #a6a06b
Color Shade: cool blue (234.83° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.73% (better contrasting with white)
Mountain Flower Mauve Color Sample
Mountain Flower Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6c71a6

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Flower Mauve Color. The Nightly Silhouette color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Velvet Curtain (#7e85a3) for more calm effect. Try Whale Skin as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a6a06b is the best complementary color to Mountain Flower Mauve. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6c71a6 complementary color is Green Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Kimberly are #6b8ea6 and #836ba6. Thus found on the left and right of #6c71a6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bermuda Gray and Deluge colors as they work well with Mountain Flower Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mountain Flower Mauve palette consists of #8ea66b and #a6836b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a6a06b). Try Chelsea Cucumber and Sandal colors in combination with #6c71a6, 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 #6c71a6 offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mountain Flower Mauve. Thus Asparagus and Coral Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mountain Flower Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Smoke, Strikemaster, and Aqua Forest split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c71a6 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green 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. Mountain Flower Mauve tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#a6a06b) and two others. The Coral Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Breaker Bay – 120° from the complementary Green Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a66b71 and #6ba6a1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6c71a6 is made of 28% red, 29% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Flower Mauve has a hue angle of 234.83°, a saturation of 24.58% and a lightness of 53.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c71a6 is made of 22.75% cyan, 20.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #6c71a6
RGB Decimal rgb(108,113,166)
RGB Percentage 28%, 29%, 43%
CMYK 22.75, 20.79, 0, 34.9
HSL hsl(234.83,24.58%,53.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(234.83,34.94%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.1934,11.2059,-29.0274)
XYZ xyz(18.9724,17.7516,38.5028)
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