Mauve

The color code of Mauve indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with blue it forms the basic color magenta, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of red. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Mauve is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 21 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 48 %, Mauve is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#a16c87`
RGB	`rgb(161, 108, 135)`
HSL*	`hsl(329, 22%, 53%)`
Lab*	`51.9 25.27 -6.23`
CMYK*	`0% 33% 16% 37%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

42 %

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