Purple Mauve is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #65776e |
| Complementary Color | #889a91 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (330° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 56.86% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Mauve Color. The Artiste color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Frost Grey (#848283) for more calm effect. Try Mysteria as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#889a91 is the best complementary color to Purple Mauve. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9a8891 complementary color is Mantle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Venus are #9a889a and #9a8888. Thus found on the left and right of #9a8891 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Venus and Bazaar colors as they work well with Purple Mauve.
The split-complementary Purple Mauve palette consists of #889a9a and #889a88 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#889a91). Try Granny Smith and Spanish Green colors in combination with #9a8891, 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 #9a8891 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Mauve. Thus Regent Gray and Lemon Grass giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Purple Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mantle, Lemon Grass, and Manatee split by 90° on the color wheel. #9a8891 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Purple Mauve tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#889a91) and two others. The Lemon Grass is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mamba – 120° from the complementary Mantle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #919a88 and #91889a.
In a RGB color space, hex #9a8891 is made of 35% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Mauve has a hue angle of 330°, a saturation of 8.18% and a lightness of 56.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9a8891 is made of 0% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 39.61% black ink.
| HEX | #9a8891 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(154,136,145) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 31%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.06, 3.53, 39.61 |
| HSL | hsl(330,8.18%,56.86%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(330,11.69%,60.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.5299,8.4112,-2.3206) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.2414,26.5227,30.4717) |