Malevolent Mauve Color

#bb6688

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

Inverse Color #497
Complementary Color #6b9
Color Shade: red magenta (336° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 56.67% (better contrasting with white)
Malevolent Mauve Color Sample
Malevolent Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb6688

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Malevolent Mauve Color. The Bing Cherry Pie color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Polignac (#c28799) for more calm effect. Try Raspberry Rose as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6b9 is the best complementary color to Malevolent Mauve. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b68 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #bb66b2 and #bb6e66. Thus found on the left and right of #b68 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuchsia Pink and Contessa colors as they work well with Malevolent Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Malevolent Mauve palette consists of #66b2bb and #66bb6e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b9). Try Tradewind and Fern colors in combination with #b68, 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 #b68 offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Malevolent Mauve. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Malevolent Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Gimblet, and Blue Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b68 square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and mid 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. Malevolent Mauve tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#6b9) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wisteria – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b6 and #9866bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb6688 is made of 44% red, 24% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Malevolent Mauve has a hue angle of 336°, a saturation of 38.46% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb6688 is made of 0% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 20% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb6688
RGB Decimal rgb(187,102,136)
RGB Percentage 44%, 24%, 32%
CMYK 0, 33.33, 20, 26.67
HSL hsl(336,38.46%,56.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336,45.45%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.8623,38.1208,-3.5389)
XYZ xyz(29.6888,21.8451,25.9443)
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