Mauve-a-Lish Color

#90686c

Mauve-a-Lish is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #6f9793
Complementary Color #68908c
Color Shade: cool red (354° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.63% (better contrasting with white)
Mauve-a-Lish Color Sample
Mauve-a-Lish Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #90686c

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mauve-a-Lish Color. The Rule Breaker color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Poetry Plum (#6f5c5f) for more calm effect. Try Impromptu as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#68908c is the best complementary color to Mauve-a-Lish. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #90686c complementary color is Juniper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Opium are #906880 and #907868. Thus found on the left and right of #90686c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Strikemaster and Cement colors as they work well with Mauve-a-Lish.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mauve-a-Lish palette consists of #688090 and #689078 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#68908c). Try Slate Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #90686c, 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 #90686c offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mauve-a-Lish. Thus Kimberly and Highland giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mauve-a-Lish contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Juniper, Avocado, and Rum split by 90° on the color wheel. #90686c square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Mauve-a-Lish tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#68908c) and two others. The Highland is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Trendy Pink – 120° from the complementary Juniper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c9068 and #8b6890.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #90686c is made of 40% red, 29% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Mauve-a-Lish has a hue angle of 354°, a saturation of 16.13% and a lightness of 48.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #90686c is made of 0% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 14.12% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #90686c
RGB Decimal rgb(144,104,108)
RGB Percentage 40%, 29%, 30%
CMYK 0, 15.69, 14.12, 43.53
HSL hsl(354,16.13%,48.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(354,27.78%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.1498,16.6576,4.1)
XYZ xyz(19.1587,16.9126,16.442)
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