Lilac Scent Soft Blue Color

#9eabd0

Lilac Scent Soft Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or cool red

Inverse Color #61542f
Complementary Color #d0c39e
Color Shade: blue cyan (224.4° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 71.76% (better contrasting with white)
Lilac Scent Soft Blue Color Sample
Lilac Scent Soft Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9eabd0

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lilac Scent Soft Blue Color. The Mood Mode color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Angel in Blue Jeans (#bbc6d9) for more calm effect. Try Pansy Garden as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d0c39e is the best complementary color to Lilac Scent Soft Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9eabd0 complementary color is Akaroa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Rock Blue are #9ec3d0 and #aa9ed0. Thus found on the left and right of #9eabd0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rock Blue and Wistful colors as they work well with Lilac Scent Soft Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lilac Scent Soft Blue palette consists of #c3d09e and #d0aa9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d0c39e). Try Pine Glade and Eunry colors in combination with #9eabd0, 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 #9eabd0 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 Lilac Scent Soft Blue. Thus Sprout and Careys Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lilac Scent Soft Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Akaroa, Lilac, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #9eabd0 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, warm magenta, orange and mid 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. Lilac Scent Soft Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#d0c39e) and two others. The Careys Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sinbad – 120° from the complementary Akaroa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d09eaa and #9ed0c3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9eabd0 is made of 29% red, 32% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Lilac Scent Soft Blue has a hue angle of 224.4°, a saturation of 34.72% and a lightness of 71.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9eabd0 is made of 19.61% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black ink.

HEX #9eabd0
RGB Decimal rgb(158,171,208)
RGB Percentage 29%, 32%, 39%
CMYK 19.61, 14.51, 0, 18.43
HSL hsl(224.4,34.72%,71.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(224.4,24.04%,81.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.1402,3.5523,-20.2876)
XYZ xyz(40.0486,40.949,65.4677)
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