Purple Rose Color

#b09fca

Purple Rose 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 #4f6035
Complementary Color #b8ca9e
Color Shade: warm blue (263.72° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 70.78% (better contrasting with white)
Purple Rose Color Sample
Purple Rose Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b09fca

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Purple Rose Color. The Bougainvillea color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Savile Row (#c0b7cf) for more calm effect. Try Purple Shine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b8ca9e is the best complementary color to Purple Rose. 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 #b09fca complementary color is Coriander, 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 Logan are #9ea3ca and #c59eca. Thus found on the left and right of #b09fca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bell and London Hue colors as they work well with Purple Rose.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Purple Rose palette consists of #a3ca9e and #cac59e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b8ca9e). Try Spring Rain and Chino colors in combination with #b09fca, 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 #b09fca 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 Rose. Thus Shadow Green and Rodeo Dust giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Purple Rose contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coriander, Eunry, and Shadow Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #b09fca 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. Purple Rose tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#b8ca9e) and two others. The Rodeo Dust is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rock Blue – 120° from the complementary Coriander. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cab09e and #9eb8ca.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b09fca is made of 33% red, 30% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Purple Rose has a hue angle of 263.72°, a saturation of 28.86% and a lightness of 70.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b09fca is made of 10.2% cyan, 16.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #b09fca
RGB Decimal rgb(176,159,202)
RGB Percentage 33%, 30%, 38%
CMYK 10.2, 16.87, 0, 20.78
HSL hsl(263.72,28.86%,70.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(263.72,21.29%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.2343,14.5996,-19.741)
XYZ xyz(40.9633,38.2906,61.1089)
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