Silk Crepe Mauve Color

#6e7196

Silk Crepe Mauve is pale, 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 #918e69
Complementary Color #96936d
Color Shade: cool blue (235.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50.98% (better contrasting with white)
Silk Crepe Mauve Color Sample
Silk Crepe Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6e7196

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Silk Crepe Mauve Color. The Blue Glaze color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Men's Night (#5d5f73) for more calm effect. Try Wild Elderberry as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#96936d is the best complementary color to Silk Crepe 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 #6e7196 complementary color is Gurkha, 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 #6d8496 and #7e6d96. Thus found on the left and right of #6e7196 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Slate Gray and Rum colors as they work well with Silk Crepe Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silk Crepe Mauve palette consists of #84966d and #967e6d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#96936d). Try Battleship Gray and Almond Frost colors in combination with #6e7196, 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 #6e7196 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 Silk Crepe Mauve. Thus Laurel and Opium giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silk Crepe Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gurkha, Strikemaster, and Oxley split by 90° on the color wheel. #6e7196 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. Silk Crepe Mauve tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#96936d) and two others. The Opium is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Juniper – 120° from the complementary Gurkha. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #966d70 and #6d9693.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6e7196 is made of 29% red, 30% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Silk Crepe Mauve has a hue angle of 235.5°, a saturation of 16% and a lightness of 50.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6e7196 is made of 15.68% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.18% black ink.

HEX #6e7196
RGB Decimal rgb(110,113,150)
RGB Percentage 29%, 30%, 40%
CMYK 15.68, 14.51, 0, 41.18
HSL hsl(235.5,16%,50.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(235.5,26.67%,58.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.6698,7.5325,-20.437)
XYZ xyz(17.8406,17.3273,31.2584)
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