Colors that go with Mauve for curtains
Mauve · #B784A7
Mauve (#B784A7) — a dusty purple-pink — pairs best with muted red, ochre & gold, green, and terracotta & clay. For curtains, choose muted red, drawn from 8 historically-grounded combinations below.
Curtains frame a room and filter its light, so the partners that work read cleanly against both the wall behind them and the daylight through them.
About mauve
Mauve is a dusty purple-pink — a gently muted, warm colour that reads as mid-toned. As a warm tone it looks most resolved next to cool and neutral partners that temper its warmth, and it needs both lighter and deeper shades nearby for the value contrast the eye reads as finished. That balance is what makes it feel refined in curtains.
- HEX
- #B784A7
- RGB
- 183, 132, 167
- HSL
- 319°, 26%, 62%
- CMYK
- 0, 28, 9, 28
Accessibility: put light text on mauve for below AA (decorative use) legibility (contrast 2.9:1 against off-white).
Why mauve pairs with muted red, ochre & gold, green, and terracotta & clay
Across the 8 historical combinations below, mauve sits most often beside muted red, ochre & gold, green, and terracotta & clay. That tracks with colour theory: a warm, mid-toned tone like this one wants cool and neutral partners that temper its warmth so the scheme feels intentional rather than flat, and both lighter and deeper partners supply the light-to-dark range the eye needs. Curtains frame a room and filter its light, so the partners that work read cleanly against both the wall behind them and the daylight through them.
- muted red
- ochre & gold
- green
- terracotta & clay
Using mauve in curtains
For curtains, choose muted red and ochre & gold. Because mauve is mid-toned, it can cover larger surfaces, with terracotta & clay added for depth.
8 combinations with mauve, from the 1933 Dictionary
Old Rose & Rainette Green +1
Plate 162 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Old Rose, Rainette Green, Lilac.
#b984af #d46d7a #8fa071
Eugenia Red | B & Maple +2
Plate 282 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eugenia Red | B, Maple, Cobalt Green, Lilac.
#b984af #da525d #c59f6b #96d1aa
Corinthian Pink & Sulpher Yellow +2
Plate 254 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Corinthian Pink, Sulpher Yellow, Olive, Laelia Pink.
#ca92a8 #f8b6ba #f5ecc2 #837e31
Eugenia Red | B & Lincoln Green +2
Plate 280 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Eugenia Red | B, Lincoln Green, Laelia Pink, Taupe Brown.
#ca92a8 #da525d #555832 #7a4456
Vistoris Lake & Laelia Pink +2
Plate 337 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Vistoris Lake, Laelia Pink, Violet Carmine, Black.
#ca92a8 #6d4145 #713b4c #111314
Light Brown Drab & Etruscan Red +1
Plate 185 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Brown Drab, Etruscan Red, Pale Lemon Yellow.
#b59392 #c55347 #ffefae
Light Brown Drab & Yellow Ocher +1
Plate 191 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Brown Drab, Yellow Ocher, Blue.
#b59392 #e2b540 #006eb8
Light Brown Drab & Ochraceous Salmon +1
Plate 223 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Light Brown Drab, Ochraceous Salmon, Turquoise Green.
#b59392 #d8a37b #b5decc
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