Pure Mauve Color

#6f5390

Pure Mauve is soft, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #90ac6f
Complementary Color #749052
Color Shade: warm blue (267.54° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 44.51% (better contrasting with white)
Pure Mauve Color Sample
Pure Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6f5390

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Pure Mauve Color. The Loden Purple color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Proper Purple (#59476b) for more calm effect. Try Purple Reign as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#749052 is the best complementary color to Pure Mauve. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6f5390 complementary color is Asparagus, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Butterfly Bush are #525590 and #8d5290. Thus found on the left and right of #6f5390 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Butterfly Bush and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Pure Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pure Mauve palette consists of #559052 and #908d52 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#749052). Try Hippie Green and Barley Corn colors in combination with #6f5390, 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 #6f5390 offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pure Mauve. Thus Spring Leaves and Leather giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pure Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Asparagus, Au Chico, and Smalt Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f5390 square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm 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. Pure Mauve tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#749052) and two others. The Leather is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kashmir Blue – 120° from the complementary Asparagus. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #906e52 and #527490.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6f5390 is made of 33% red, 25% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Pure Mauve has a hue angle of 267.54°, a saturation of 26.87% and a lightness of 44.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f5390 is made of 12.94% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #6f5390
RGB Decimal rgb(111,83,144)
RGB Percentage 33%, 25%, 43%
CMYK 12.94, 23.92, 0, 43.53
HSL hsl(267.54,26.87%,44.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(267.54,42.36%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.5401,24.5763,-29.4678)
XYZ xyz(14.6828,11.5796,27.8468)
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