Pleasant Dream Color

#a379aa

Pleasant Dream is calm, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #5c8655
Complementary Color #80aa79
Color Shade: cool magenta (291.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 57.06% (better contrasting with white)
Pleasant Dream Color Sample
Pleasant Dream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a379aa

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pleasant Dream Color. The Beauty color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Amethyst Paint (#9c8aa4) for more calm effect. Try Knight's Tale as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#80aa79 is the best complementary color to Pleasant Dream. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a379aa complementary color is Amulet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lavender Purple are #8a79aa and #aa7998. Thus found on the left and right of #a379aa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lavender Purple and Bouquet colors as they work well with Pleasant Dream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pleasant Dream palette consists of #79aa8a and #98aa79 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#80aa79). Try Bay Leaf and Green Smoke colors in combination with #a379aa, 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 #a379aa offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pleasant Dream. Thus Acapulco and Hillary giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pleasant Dream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amulet, Sandrift, and Bali Hai split by 90° on the color wheel. #a379aa square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool 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. Pleasant Dream tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#80aa79) and two others. The Hillary is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kimberly – 120° from the complementary Amulet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aaa279 and #7980aa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a379aa is made of 36% red, 27% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Pleasant Dream has a hue angle of 291.43°, a saturation of 22.37% and a lightness of 57.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a379aa is made of 2.75% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #a379aa
RGB Decimal rgb(163,121,170)
RGB Percentage 36%, 27%, 37%
CMYK 2.75, 19.22, 0, 33.33
HSL hsl(291.43,22.37%,57.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(291.43,28.82%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.45,25.0844,-19.7372)
XYZ xyz(29.1973,24.3636,41.194)
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