Mauve Seductress Color

#bb7788

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

Inverse Color #487
Complementary Color #7ba
Color Shade: red magenta (345° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
Mauve Seductress Color Sample
Mauve Seductress Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb7788

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Mauve Seductress Color. The Slate Pink color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Shattan Gold (#bb5577) for more energetic effect. Try Delicate Prunus as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7ba is the best complementary color to Mauve Seductress. 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 #b78 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #bb77a9 and #b87. Thus found on the left and right of #b78 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bouquet and White colors as they work well with Mauve Seductress.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mauve Seductress palette consists of #7ab and #7b8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7ba). Try White and White colors in combination with #b78, 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 #b78 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 Mauve Seductress. Thus Ship Cove and Olivine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mauve Seductress contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #b78 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. Mauve Seductress tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#7ba) and two others. The Olivine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87bb77 and #a7b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb7788 is made of 42% red, 27% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Mauve Seductress has a hue angle of 345°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb7788 is made of 0% cyan, 26.66% magenta, 20% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb7788
RGB Decimal rgb(187,119,136)
RGB Percentage 42%, 27%, 31%
CMYK 0, 26.66, 20, 26.67
HSL hsl(345,33.33%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(345,36.36%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.594,28.9243,1.9227)
XYZ xyz(31.5343,25.536,26.5595)
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