Beguiling 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 | #505853 |
| Complementary Color | #a7afaa |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (322.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 67.06% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Beguiling Mauve Color. The Puffball color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Nirvana (#a2919b) for more energetic effect. Try Heather Red Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a7afaa is the best complementary color to Beguiling 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 #afa7ac complementary color is Edward, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Shady Lady are #aea7af and #afa7a8. Thus found on the left and right of #afa7ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amethyst Smoke and Silver Chalice colors as they work well with Beguiling Mauve.
The split-complementary Beguiling Mauve palette consists of #a7afae and #a8afa7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a7afaa). Try Edward and Bud colors in combination with #afa7ac, 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 #afa7ac 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 Beguiling Mauve. Thus Gray Chateau and Bud giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Beguiling Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Edward, Delta, and Aluminium split by 90° on the color wheel. #afa7ac 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. Beguiling Mauve tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#a7afaa) and two others. The Bud is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spun Pearl – 120° from the complementary Edward. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #acafa7 and #aaa7af.
In a RGB color space, hex #afa7ac is made of 34% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Beguiling Mauve has a hue angle of 322.5°, a saturation of 4.76% and a lightness of 67.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afa7ac is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 31.37% black ink.
| HEX | #afa7ac |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(175,167,172) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 32%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.14, 1.18, 31.37 |
| HSL | hsl(322.5,4.76%,67.06%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(322.5,4.57%,68.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.2768,3.7964,-1.5545) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9443,39.73,44.6458) |