Heliotropic Mauve Color

#9187bd

Heliotropic 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 #6e7842
Complementary Color #b3bd86
Color Shade: mid blue (251.11° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 63.53% (better contrasting with white)
Heliotropic Mauve Color Sample
Heliotropic Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9187bd

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Heliotropic Mauve Color. The Purple Mountain Majesty color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dahlia Purple (#7e6eac) for more calm effect. Try Puturple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b3bd86 is the best complementary color to Heliotropic 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 #9187bd complementary color is Swamp Green, 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 Lavender Purple are #8697bd and #ab86bd. Thus found on the left and right of #9187bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wild Blue Yonder and Lavender Purple colors as they work well with Heliotropic Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heliotropic Mauve palette consists of #97bd86 and #bdab86 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3bd86). Try Olivine and Indian Khaki colors in combination with #9187bd, 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 #9187bd 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 Heliotropic Mauve. Thus De York and Brandy Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heliotropic Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Swamp Green, Oriental Pink, and Gulf Stream split by 90° on the color wheel. #9187bd 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. Heliotropic Mauve tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#b3bd86) and two others. The Brandy Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Neptune – 120° from the complementary Swamp Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd9086 and #86b3bd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9187bd is made of 31% red, 29% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Heliotropic Mauve has a hue angle of 251.11°, a saturation of 29.03% and a lightness of 63.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9187bd is made of 17.26% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #9187bd
RGB Decimal rgb(145,135,189)
RGB Percentage 31%, 29%, 40%
CMYK 17.26, 21.18, 0, 25.88
HSL hsl(251.11,29.03%,63.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(251.11,28.57%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.9945,15.3791,-26.8328)
XYZ xyz(29.5263,27.0218,51.8036)
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