Lilac Bloom Color

#afabb8

Lilac Bloom 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 #505447
Complementary Color #b3b8ab
Color Shade: warm blue (258.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 69.61% (better contrasting with white)
Lilac Bloom Color Sample
Lilac Bloom Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #afabb8

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Lilac Bloom Color. The Alloy color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Heirloom Lilac (#9d96b2) for more energetic effect. Try Centre Stage as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b3b8ab is the best complementary color to Lilac Bloom. 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 #afabb8 complementary color is Green Spring, 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 Spun Pearl are #abadb8 and #b5abb8. Thus found on the left and right of #afabb8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spun Pearl and Chatelle colors as they work well with Lilac Bloom.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lilac Bloom palette consists of #adb8ab and #b8b5ab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3b8ab). Try Green Spring and Tide colors in combination with #afabb8, 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 #afabb8 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 Lilac Bloom. Thus Edward and Tide giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lilac Bloom contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Spring, Nobel, and Edward split by 90° on the color wheel. #afabb8 square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool 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. Lilac Bloom tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#b3b8ab) and two others. The Tide is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hit Gray – 120° from the complementary Green Spring. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b8afab and #abb3b8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #afabb8 is made of 33% red, 32% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Lilac Bloom has a hue angle of 258.46°, a saturation of 8.39% and a lightness of 69.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afabb8 is made of 3.53% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black ink.

HEX #afabb8
RGB Decimal rgb(175,171,184)
RGB Percentage 33%, 32%, 35%
CMYK 3.53, 5.1, 0, 27.84
HSL hsl(258.46,8.39%,69.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(258.46,7.07%,72.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.6639,3.9135,-6.1459)
XYZ xyz(40.8938,41.7005,51.2411)
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