Wistful Color

#a29ecd

Wistful is pale, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #5d6132
Complementary Color #c9cd9e
Color Shade: mid blue (245.11° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 71.18% (better contrasting with white)
Wistful Color Sample
Wistful Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a29ecd

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Wistful Color. The Beatrice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Purple Heather (#bab8d3) for more calm effect. Try Playful Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c9cd9e is the best complementary color to Wistful. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a29ecd complementary color is Chino, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Bell are #9eb1cd and #b99ecd. Thus found on the left and right of #a29ecd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rock Blue and East Side colors as they work well with Wistful.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Wistful palette consists of #b1cd9e and #cdb99e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9cd9e). Try Sprout and Rodeo Dust colors in combination with #a29ecd, 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 #a29ecd offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Wistful. Thus Spring Rain and Eunry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Wistful contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chino, Careys Pink, and Shadow Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #a29ecd square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan 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. Wistful tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#c9cd9e) and two others. The Eunry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jungle Mist – 120° from the complementary Chino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cda29e and #9ec9cd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a29ecd is made of 31% red, 30% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Wistful has a hue angle of 245.11°, a saturation of 31.97% and a lightness of 71.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a29ecd is made of 16.86% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black ink.

HEX #a29ecd
RGB Decimal rgb(162,158,205)
RGB Percentage 31%, 30%, 39%
CMYK 16.86, 18.43, 0, 19.61
HSL hsl(245.11,31.97%,71.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(245.11,22.93%,80.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.9327,11.3471,-23.4936)
XYZ xyz(38.1466,36.5429,62.8005)
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