Light Mauve

The color code of Light Mauve indicates, that red and blue are the main light sources among the primary colors red, green and blue. Both combined form the basic color magenta, which determines 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 9 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 67 %, Light Mauve is a rather light color.

Hex	`#bca5bd`
RGB	`rgb(188, 165, 189)`
HSL*	`hsl(298, 15%, 69%)`
Lab*	`70.37 12.68 -9.23`
CMYK*	`1% 13% 0% 26%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

65 %

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