Purple Springs Color

#ab9bbc

Purple Springs is pale, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #546443
Complementary Color #acbc9b
Color Shade: warm blue (269.09° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 67.25% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Springs Color Sample
Purple Springs Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ab9bbc

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Springs Color. The Perplexed color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Virtuous Violet (#b7b0bf) for more calm effect. Try Elite Wisteria as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#acbc9b is the best complementary color to Purple Springs. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ab9bbc complementary color is Norway, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Amethyst Smoke are #9b9bbc and #bb9bbc. Thus found on the left and right of #ab9bbc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amethyst Smoke and London Hue colors as they work well with Purple Springs.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Springs palette consists of #9bbc9b and #bcbb9b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#acbc9b). Try Norway and Heathered Gray colors in combination with #ab9bbc, 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 #ab9bbc offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Purple Springs. Thus Summer Green and Malta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Springs contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Norway, Thatch, and Shadow Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #ab9bbc square combo is a palette of warm blue, mid red, cool yellow and warm 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. Purple Springs tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#acbc9b) and two others. The Malta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gull Gray – 120° from the complementary Norway. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bcab9b and #9bacbc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ab9bbc is made of 33% red, 30% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Springs has a hue angle of 269.09°, a saturation of 19.76% and a lightness of 67.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ab9bbc is made of 6.67% cyan, 12.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #ab9bbc
RGB Decimal rgb(171,155,188)
RGB Percentage 33%, 30%, 37%
CMYK 6.67, 12.95, 0, 26.27
HSL hsl(269.09,19.76%,67.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(269.09,17.55%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.3142,12.2201,-14.9016)
XYZ xyz(37.593,35.7315,52.4924)
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