Mauve Melody Color

#a69f9a

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

Inverse Color #596065
Complementary Color #9aa1a6
Color Shade: warm red (25° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 62.75% (better contrasting with white)
Mauve Melody Color Sample
Mauve Melody Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a69f9a

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mauve Melody Color. The Ethiopia color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Pale Khaki (#998877) for more energetic effect. Try Deer God as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9aa1a6 is the best complementary color to Mauve Melody. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a69f9a complementary color is Gray Chateau, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cloudy are #a69a9b and #a6a59a. Thus found on the left and right of #a69f9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dusty Gray and Delta colors as they work well with Mauve Melody.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mauve Melody palette consists of #9a9ba6 and #9aa6a5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9aa1a6). Try Santas Gray and Edward colors in combination with #a69f9a, 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 #a69f9a offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mauve Melody. Thus Mountain Mist and Pewter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mauve Melody contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Chateau, Envy, and Mountain Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #a69f9a square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta 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 Melody tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#9aa1a6) and two others. The Pewter is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shady Lady – 120° from the complementary Gray Chateau. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9aa69f and #a69aa1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a69f9a is made of 35% red, 33% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Mauve Melody has a hue angle of 25°, a saturation of 6.32% and a lightness of 62.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a69f9a is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 4.71% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a69f9a
RGB Decimal rgb(166,159,154)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 32%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 4.71, 34.9
HSL hsl(25,6.32%,62.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25,7.23%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.9323,1.6292,3.5017)
XYZ xyz(33.9568,35.2364,35.5834)
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