Blue Pink Color

#b5a3c5

Blue Pink is pale, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with yellow green, mid cyan or orange

Inverse Color #4a5c3a
Complementary Color #b3c5a2
Color Shade: violet (271.76° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 70.59% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Pink Color Sample
Blue Pink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b5a3c5

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Pink Color. The Futuristic color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Classic Bouquet (#a38bbf) for more energetic effect. Try Flirty Pink as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b3c5a2 is the best complementary color to Blue Pink. Yellow green shades generally complement the violet hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b5a3c5 complementary color is Rainee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid blue, violet, and mid magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of London Hue are #a3a2c5 and #c5a2c3. Thus found on the left and right of #b5a3c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Logan and Lilac colors as they work well with Blue Pink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Pink palette consists of #a2c5a3 and #c3c5a2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b3c5a2). Try Spring Rain and Thistle Green colors in combination with #b5a3c5, 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 #b5a3c5 offers a combination of green cyan and orange shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Pink. Thus Shadow Green and Coral Reef giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Pink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rainee, Quicksand, and Opal split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5a3c5 square combo is a palette of violet, mid red, yellow green and mid 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. Blue Pink tetradic combo consists of yellow green complementary color (#b3c5a2) and two others. The Coral Reef is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cadet Blue – 120° from the complementary Rainee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5b4a2 and #a2b3c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b5a3c5 is made of 33% red, 30% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Pink has a hue angle of 271.76°, a saturation of 22.67% and a lightness of 70.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5a3c5 is made of 6.27% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.75% black ink.

HEX #b5a3c5
RGB Decimal rgb(181,163,197)
RGB Percentage 33%, 30%, 36%
CMYK 6.27, 13.33, 0, 22.75
HSL hsl(271.76,22.67%,70.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(271.76,17.26%,77.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.5047,12.9812,-15.009)
XYZ xyz(42.2313,40.0494,58.3278)
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