Sweet Lavender Color

#9a9bc1

Sweet Lavender is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #65643e
Complementary Color #c1c09a
Color Shade: cool blue (238.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 68.04% (better contrasting with white)
Sweet Lavender Color Sample
Sweet Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9a9bc1

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Lavender Color. The Purple Heather color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Filtered Light (#b1b2c4) for more calm effect. Try Timeless Lilac as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c1c09a is the best complementary color to Sweet Lavender. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9a9bc1 complementary color is Coral Reef, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Logan are #9aaec1 and #ac9ac1. Thus found on the left and right of #9a9bc1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nepal and Amethyst Smoke colors as they work well with Sweet Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Lavender palette consists of #aec19a and #c1ac9a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c1c09a). Try Norway and Indian Khaki colors in combination with #9a9bc1, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #9a9bc1 offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sweet Lavender. Thus Norway and Quicksand giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coral Reef, Lily, and Summer Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #9a9bc1 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sweet Lavender tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#c1c09a) and two others. The Quicksand is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shadow Green – 120° from the complementary Coral Reef. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c19a9b and #9ac1c0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9a9bc1 is made of 31% red, 31% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Lavender has a hue angle of 238.46°, a saturation of 23.93% and a lightness of 68.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9a9bc1 is made of 15.3% cyan, 14.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.31% black ink.

HEX #9a9bc1
RGB Decimal rgb(154,155,193)
RGB Percentage 31%, 31%, 38%
CMYK 15.3, 14.91, 0, 24.31
HSL hsl(238.46,23.93%,68.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(238.46,20.21%,75.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.0917,7.7308,-19.6786)
XYZ xyz(34.6734,34.163,55.2187)
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