Mellow Mauve
Mellow Mauve is a Orange paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Treat the digital swatch as an opening note, then watch a physical sample from morning light through evening lamps.
Hex
#C4957ALRV
34.64
Mellow Mauve in Rooms
Follow Mellow Mauve from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Bedroom Photo
1 sourced room photo gives the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Mellow Mauve (0039) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Bedroom walls in Mellow Mauve evoke calm sophistication and restful elegance.
@shellyfencraft
2 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 2 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Mellow Mauve (0039) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 34.6 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Kitchen cabinetry in Mellow Mauve brings soft, understated beauty to the space.
@brightwooddesign
Upper cabinets painted Mellow Mauve create a subtle, cohesive kitchen design.
@brightwooddesign
Coordinating Colors
Steamed Milk reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 35), opening up a space where Mellow Mauve encloses it.
At LRV 35 vs 18, Mellow Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Rose Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Mellow Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (38 vs 35) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (40 vs 35) makes Fame Orange the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (39 vs 35) makes Persimmon the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 35 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (35 vs 28) makes Mellow Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 53 vs 35, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 35), opening up a space where Mellow Mauve encloses it.
Mellow Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 16), opening up a space where Riverway encloses it.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 35), opening up a space where Mellow Mauve encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (35 vs 29) makes Mellow Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 6, Mellow Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lighter Colors
Malted Milk reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 35), opening up a space where Mellow Mauve encloses it.
Beige Intenso reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Tawny Tan reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 35), opening up a space where Mellow Mauve encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
Mellow Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 19), opening up a space where Brandywine encloses it.
At LRV NaN vs NaN, Mellow Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 35 vs 16, Mellow Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
Mellow Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 14), opening up a space where Rookwood Terra Cotta encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (35 vs 23) makes Mellow Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This warm mauve carries peachy-orange undertones that evoke the soft glow of sunset hour, creating an inviting and nurturing atmosphere perfect for bedrooms or living spaces. Its midtone saturation strikes an elegant balance—bold enough to make a statement, yet gentle enough to feel like a warm embrace.