Uptown Girl is pale, 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 | #586e57 |
| Complementary Color | #92a891 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (297.39° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 61.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Uptown Girl Color. The Exclusive Violet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Lunar Light (#9b959c) for more calm effect. Try Asian Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#92a891 is the best complementary color to Uptown Girl. 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 #a791a8 complementary color is Envy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Amethyst Smoke are #9b91a8 and #a8919d. Thus found on the left and right of #a791a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amethyst Smoke and Dusty Gray colors as they work well with Uptown Girl.
The split-complementary Uptown Girl palette consists of #91a89b and #9da891 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#92a891). Try Pewter and Sage colors in combination with #a791a8, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #a791a8 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 Uptown Girl. Thus Cascade and Gray Olive giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Uptown Girl contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Envy, Zorba, and Regent Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #a791a8 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Uptown Girl tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#92a891) and two others. The Gray Olive is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Manatee – 120° from the complementary Envy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a8a791 and #9192a8.
In a RGB color space, hex #a791a8 is made of 35% red, 30% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Uptown Girl has a hue angle of 297.39°, a saturation of 11.68% and a lightness of 61.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a791a8 is made of 0.39% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black ink.
| HEX | #a791a8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(167,145,168) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 30%, 35% |
| CMYK | 0.39, 9.02, 0, 34.12 |
| HSL | hsl(297.39,11.68%,61.37%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(297.39,13.69%,65.88%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.7546,12.4219,-9.0378) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.1296,31.2934,41.3399) |