Mighty Mauve is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, mid blue or yellow green
| Inverse Color | #70807a |
| Complementary Color | #7f8f89 |
| Color Shade: | red magenta (337.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 52.94% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mighty Mauve Color. The Evening Crimson color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Meadow Flower (#987184) for more energetic effect. Try Bank Vault as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7f8f89 is the best complementary color to Mighty Mauve. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8f7f85 complementary color is Blue Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Hurricane are #8f7f8d and #8f817f. Thus found on the left and right of #8f7f85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Venus and Hurricane colors as they work well with Mighty Mauve.
The split-complementary Mighty Mauve palette consists of #7f8d8f and #7f8f81 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f8f89). Try Oslo Gray and Spanish Green colors in combination with #8f7f85, 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 #8f7f85 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mighty Mauve. Thus Oslo Gray and Battleship Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mighty Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Smoke, Bitter, and Topaz split by 90° on the color wheel. #8f7f85 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mighty Mauve tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#7f8f89) and two others. The Battleship Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mamba – 120° from the complementary Blue Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #858f7f and #897f8f.
In a RGB color space, hex #8f7f85 is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Mighty Mauve has a hue angle of 337.5°, a saturation of 6.67% and a lightness of 52.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8f7f85 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 3.92% yellow and 43.92% black ink.
| HEX | #8f7f85 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(143,127,133) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 32%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 6.28, 3.92, 43.92 |
| HSL | hsl(337.5,6.67%,52.94%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(337.5,11.19%,56.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.7743,7.1953,-1.0188) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.1507,22.7118,25.354) |