Mauve

The color code of Mauve indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. As green and blue have almost equal intensities, red remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. 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 22 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 49 %, Mauve is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#a97172`
RGB	`rgb(169, 113, 114)`
HSL*	`hsl(359, 25%, 55%)`
Lab*	`53.45 22.3 8.51`
CMYK*	`0% 33% 33% 34%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

44 %

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