It's Your Mauve is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #436761 |
| Complementary Color | #98bcb6 |
| Color Shade: | cool red (350° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 66.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to It's Your Mauve Color. The Moire color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Rennie's Rose (#b87f84) for more energetic effect. Try Degas Pink as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#98bcb6 is the best complementary color to It's Your Mauve. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bc989e complementary color is Shadow Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Thatch are #bc98b0 and #bca498. Thus found on the left and right of #bc989e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lily and Thatch colors as they work well with It's Your Mauve.
The split-complementary It's Your Mauve palette consists of #98b0bc and #98bca4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#98bcb6). Try Gull Gray and Summer Green colors in combination with #bc989e, 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 #bc989e 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 It's Your Mauve. Thus Cadet Blue and Norway giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of It's Your Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow Green, Swamp Green, and Amethyst Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #bc989e square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. It's Your Mauve tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#98bcb6) and two others. The Norway is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and London Hue – 120° from the complementary Shadow Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ebc98 and #b698bc.
In a RGB color space, hex #bc989e is made of 38% red, 31% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode It's Your Mauve has a hue angle of 350°, a saturation of 21.18% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bc989e is made of 0% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 26.27% black ink.
| HEX | #bc989e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(188,152,158) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 31%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.12, 11.77, 26.27 |
| HSL | hsl(350,21.18%,66.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(350,19.15%,73.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.2258,14.3688,1.937) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.1388,35.6165,37.2123) |