Fashion Mauve Color

#b5a8a8

Fashion Mauve is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #4a5757
Complementary Color #a8b5b5
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 68.43% (better contrasting with white)
Fashion Mauve Color Sample
Fashion Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b5a8a8

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Fashion Mauve Color. The Ash Hollow color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Dreamscape Grey (#c6c5c5) for more calm effect. Try Weathered Stone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a8b5b5 is the best complementary color to Fashion Mauve. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b5a8a8 complementary color is Edward, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Martini are #b5a8ae and #b5aea8. Thus found on the left and right of #b5a8a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink Swan and Cloudy colors as they work well with Fashion Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fashion Mauve palette consists of #a8aeb5 and #a8b5ae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a8b5b5). Try Gray Chateau and Edward colors in combination with #b5a8a8, 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 #b5a8a8 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fashion Mauve. Thus Spun Pearl and Green Spring giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fashion Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Edward, Bud, and Spun Pearl split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5a8a8 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Fashion Mauve tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#a8b5b5) and two others. The Green Spring is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shady Lady – 120° from the complementary Edward. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a8b5a8 and #b5a8b5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b5a8a8 is made of 35% red, 32% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Fashion Mauve has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 8.07% and a lightness of 68.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5a8a8 is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #b5a8a8
RGB Decimal rgb(181,168,168)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 32%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 5.1, 29.02
HSL hsl(0,8.07%,68.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,7.18%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.9344,4.6825,1.6806)
XYZ xyz(40.1266,40.6562,42.7783)
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