Mauve Stone is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #3b4549 |
| Complementary Color | #b6c0c4 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (17.14° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 74.12% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Mauve Stone Color. The Emerging Taupe color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Net Worker (#b6a194) for more energetic effect. Try Big Horn Mountains as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#b6c0c4 is the best complementary color to Mauve Stone. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c4bab6 complementary color is Submarine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Silver Rust are #c4b6b9 and #c4c1b6. Thus found on the left and right of #c4bab6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink Swan and Ash colors as they work well with Mauve Stone.
The split-complementary Mauve Stone palette consists of #b6b9c4 and #b6c4c1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b6c0c4). Try French Gray and Powder Ash colors in combination with #c4bab6, 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 #c4bab6 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mauve Stone. Thus Gray Suit and Powder Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mauve Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Submarine, Green Spring, and Chatelle split by 90° on the color wheel. #c4bab6 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mauve Stone tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#b6c0c4) and two others. The Powder Ash is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Slate – 120° from the complementary Submarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6c4ba and #c4b6c0.
In a RGB color space, hex #c4bab6 is made of 35% red, 33% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Mauve Stone has a hue angle of 17.14°, a saturation of 10.61% and a lightness of 74.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c4bab6 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 23.14% black ink.
| HEX | #c4bab6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(196,186,182) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 33%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.92, 5.49, 23.14 |
| HSL | hsl(17.14,10.61%,74.12%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(17.14,7.14%,76.86%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.2108,2.8224,3.276) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7674,50.231,51.3812) |