Stormy 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 | #8e8c73 |
| Complementary Color | #8c8a71 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (235.56° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Stormy Mauve Color. The Violet Verbena color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Script Ink (#60616b) for more calm effect. Try Charcoal Plum as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8c8a71 is the best complementary color to Stormy 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 #71738c complementary color is Granite Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Storm Gray are #71808c and #7c718c. Thus found on the left and right of #71738c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Slate Gray and Mobster colors as they work well with Stormy Mauve.
The split-complementary Stormy Mauve palette consists of #808c71 and #8c7c71 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c8a71). Try Battleship Gray and Almond Frost colors in combination with #71738c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #71738c 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 Stormy Mauve. Thus Laurel and Opium giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Stormy Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Granite Green, Mountbatten Pink, and Xanadu split by 90° on the color wheel. #71738c square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Stormy Mauve tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#8c8a71) and two others. The Opium is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Juniper – 120° from the complementary Granite Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c7172 and #718c8a.
In a RGB color space, hex #71738c is made of 31% red, 31% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Stormy Mauve has a hue angle of 235.56°, a saturation of 10.67% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #71738c is made of 10.59% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #71738c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(113,115,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 31%, 38% |
| CMYK | 10.59, 9.8, 0, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(235.56,10.67%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(235.56,19.29%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(49.088,4.8383,-13.8769) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.6744,17.6656,27.2892) |