Heart Potion Color

#a97fb1

Heart Potion 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 #56804e
Complementary Color #87b17f
Color Shade: cool magenta (290.4° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 59.61% (better contrasting with white)
Heart Potion Color Sample
Heart Potion Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a97fb1

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Heart Potion Color. The Royal Pretender color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lupine (#be9cc1) for more calm effect. Try Viola Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#87b17f is the best complementary color to Heart Potion. 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 #a97fb1 complementary color is Bay Leaf, 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 #907fb1 and #b17fa0. Thus found on the left and right of #a97fb1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lavender Purple and Bouquet colors as they work well with Heart Potion.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heart Potion palette consists of #7fb190 and #a0b17f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#87b17f). Try Bay Leaf and Swamp Green colors in combination with #a97fb1, 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 #a97fb1 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 Heart Potion. Thus Gulf Stream and Mongoose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heart Potion contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bay Leaf, Sandrift, and Bali Hai split by 90° on the color wheel. #a97fb1 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. Heart Potion tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#87b17f) and two others. The Mongoose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Wild Blue Yonder – 120° from the complementary Bay Leaf. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b1a87f and #7f87b1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a97fb1 is made of 36% red, 27% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Heart Potion has a hue angle of 290.4°, a saturation of 24.27% and a lightness of 59.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a97fb1 is made of 3.14% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.59% black ink.

HEX #a97fb1
RGB Decimal rgb(169,127,177)
RGB Percentage 36%, 27%, 37%
CMYK 3.14, 19.61, 0, 30.59
HSL hsl(290.4,24.27%,59.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(290.4,28.25%,69.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.7777,25.1094,-20.1419)
XYZ xyz(31.8874,26.7881,45.0849)
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