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Guide to the Color Mauve

Dive deep into the color mauve. Find color palettes, get the codes for adding ’em to your designs—explore your color-dreaming heart out.

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Mauve color codes

Nail the exact color mauve in your design by using the code from any one of these systems for color identification.

Hex	#E0B0FF
RGB	r: 224, g: 176, b: 255
HSL	h: 276°, s: 100%, l: 85%
HSV	h: 276°, s: 31%, v: 100%
CMYK	c: 12%, m: 31%, y: 0%, k: 0%

Mauve color palettes

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Monochromatic

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The color mauve in percentages

If you're identifying color for pretty much anything digital, you're working in an RGB colorspace. If the project you're working on requires percentage representation, mauve is made of 88% red, 69% green, and 100% blue.

If you're identifying color for a print project, you're most likely using a CMYK colorspace—the percentages are 12% cyan, 31% magenta, 0% yellow, 0% black.