What color is Mauve?
Mauve is a soft, dusty purple with a gentle pink tone, hex #E0AFFF, similar to the color of a dried lavender bloom. It is lighter and hazier than violet, with a faded, powdery quality.
What is the meaning of the color Mauve?
In 1856, an eighteen-year-old British chemist named William Henry Perkin accidentally produced the first synthetic dye while attempting to synthesize quinine. The resulting purple color, which Perkin named mauve after the French word for the mallow flower, became the first aniline dye sold commercially. It spread rapidly through Victorian fashion after Queen Victoria wore a mauve gown to her daughter’s wedding in 1858, making the color a mark of fashionable society. The Penny Violet, a mauve-printed postage stamp issued by Britain in 1881, gave the color one of its most documented appearances in public life.
What colors go with Mauve?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #E0AFFF |
color: #E0AFFF;
|
| RGB | 224, 175, 255 |
color: rgb(224, 175, 255);
|
| RGB Percentage | 88%, 69%, 100% |
color: rgb(88%, 69%, 100%);
|
| CMYK | 12%, 31%, 0%, 0% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 277°, 100%, 84% |
color: hsl(277, 100%, 84%);
|
| HSV | 277°, 31%, 100% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 67, 10, -27 |
color: lab(67% 10 -27);
|
| Decimal | 14725119 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.mauve {
color: #E0AFFF;
}
$mauve: #E0AFFF;
rgb(224, 175, 255)