Light Mauve

The color code of Light Mauve indicates, that red is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with blue it also forms the basic color magenta, but still 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 Light Mauve is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 12 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 63 %, Light Mauve is a rather light color.

Hex	`#b9999f`
RGB	`rgb(185, 153, 159)`
HSL*	`hsl(349, 19%, 66%)`
Lab*	`66.21 12.86 1.32`
CMYK*	`0% 17% 14% 27%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

60 %

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