Delicate Mauve Color

#c5b5ca

Delicate Mauve is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #3a4a35
Complementary Color #b9cab5
Color Shade: cool magenta (285.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 75.1% (better contrasting with white)
Delicate Mauve Color Sample
Delicate Mauve Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c5b5ca

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Delicate Mauve Color. The Pale Grape color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Tuileries Tint (#b89cbc) for more energetic effect. Try Grape Smoke as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b9cab5 is the best complementary color to Delicate Mauve. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5b5ca complementary color is Clay Ash, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Chatelle are #bab5ca and #cab5c4. Thus found on the left and right of #c5b5ca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chatelle and Lily colors as they work well with Delicate Mauve.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Delicate Mauve palette consists of #b5caba and #c4cab5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b9cab5). Try Spring Rain and Clay Ash colors in combination with #c5b5ca, 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 #c5b5ca offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Delicate Mauve. Thus Opal and Foggy Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Delicate Mauve contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clay Ash, Cold Turkey, and Loblolly split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5b5ca square combo is a palette of cool magenta, mid red, warm green and cool cyan 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. Delicate Mauve tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#b9cab5) and two others. The Foggy Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cadet Blue – 120° from the complementary Clay Ash. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cac5b5 and #b5b9ca.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c5b5ca is made of 34% red, 31% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Delicate Mauve has a hue angle of 285.71°, a saturation of 16.54% and a lightness of 75.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5b5ca is made of 1.97% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #c5b5ca
RGB Decimal rgb(197,181,202)
RGB Percentage 34%, 31%, 35%
CMYK 1.97, 8.24, 0, 20.78
HSL hsl(285.71,16.54%,75.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(285.71,10.4%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.5646,9.5179,-8.5431)
XYZ xyz(50.2105,49.1823,62.7239)
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