Mauve Memento Color

#a46a95

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

Inverse Color #5b956a
Complementary Color #69a479
Color Shade: warm magenta (315.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.94% (better contrasting with white)
Mauve Memento Color Sample
Mauve Memento Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a46a95

If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mauve Memento Color. The Dynamic Magenta 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 Dull Purple (#84597e) for more calm effect. Try Verve Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#69a479 is the best complementary color to Mauve Memento. 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 #a46a95 complementary color is Aqua Forest, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of violet, warm magenta, and red magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Strikemaster are #9569a4 and #a46978. Thus found on the left and right of #a46a95 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Trendy Pink and Coral Tree colors as they work well with Mauve Memento.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mauve Memento palette consists of #69a496 and #78a469 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#69a479). Try Patina and Asparagus colors in combination with #a46a95, 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 #a46a95 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 Mauve Memento. Thus Gothic and Green Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mauve Memento contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Forest, Sandal, and Lynch split by 90° on the color wheel. #a46a95 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and blue 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. Mauve Memento tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#69a479) and two others. The Green Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Deluge – 120° from the complementary Aqua Forest. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #94a469 and #7969a4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a46a95 is made of 39% red, 25% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Mauve Memento has a hue angle of 315.52°, a saturation of 24.17% and a lightness of 52.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a46a95 is made of 0% cyan, 22.74% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 35.69% black ink.

HEX #a46a95
RGB Decimal rgb(164,106,149)
RGB Percentage 39%, 25%, 36%
CMYK 0, 22.74, 5.88, 35.69
HSL hsl(315.52,24.17%,52.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(315.52,35.37%,64.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.2536,29.9147,-13.8953)
XYZ xyz(25.8887,20.3705,31.0012)
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