Toy Mauve Color

#776ea2

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

Inverse Color #88915d
Complementary Color #98a26e
Color Shade: mid blue (250.38° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Toy Mauve Color Sample
Toy Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #776ea2

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Toy Mauve Color. The Daybreak color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Purple Opulence (#60569a) for more energetic effect. Try Heron as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#98a26e is the best complementary color to Toy Mauve. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #776ea2 complementary color is Green Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Kimberly are #6e7ea2 and #916ea2. Thus found on the left and right of #776ea2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lynch and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Toy Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Toy Mauve palette consists of #7ea26e and #a2916e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#98a26e). Try Asparagus and Donkey Brown colors in combination with #776ea2, 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 #776ea2 offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Toy Mauve. Thus Amulet and Coral Tree giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Toy Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Smoke, Coral Tree, and Patina split by 90° on the color wheel. #776ea2 square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green 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. Toy Mauve tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#98a26e) and two others. The Coral Tree is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gothic – 120° from the complementary Green Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a2776e and #6e98a2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #776ea2 is made of 30% red, 28% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Toy Mauve has a hue angle of 250.38°, a saturation of 21.85% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #776ea2 is made of 16.86% cyan, 20.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black ink.

HEX #776ea2
RGB Decimal rgb(119,110,162)
RGB Percentage 30%, 28%, 41%
CMYK 16.86, 20.39, 0, 36.47
HSL hsl(250.38,21.85%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(250.38,32.1%,63.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.1086,15.2863,-26.7496)
XYZ xyz(19.7053,17.6824,36.5569)
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