People's Choice Color

#b6a8d0

People's Choice 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 #49572f
Complementary Color #c1d0a8
Color Shade: warm blue (261° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.73% (better contrasting with white)
People's Choice Color Sample
People's Choice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b6a8d0

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to People's Choice Color. The Lavender Bliss color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Classic Bouquet (#a38bbf) for more calm effect. Try Brave Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c1d0a8 is the best complementary color to People's Choice. 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 #b6a8d0 complementary color is Green Mist, 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 #a8add0 and #caa8d0. Thus found on the left and right of #b6a8d0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Logan and London Hue colors as they work well with People's Choice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary People's Choice palette consists of #add0a8 and #d0caa8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c1d0a8). Try Pixie Green and Chino colors in combination with #b6a8d0, 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 #b6a8d0 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 People's Choice. Thus Gum Leaf and Clam Shell giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of People's Choice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Green Mist, Clam Shell, and Jet Stream split by 90° on the color wheel. #b6a8d0 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. People's Choice tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#c1d0a8) and two others. The Clam Shell is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Casper – 120° from the complementary Green Mist. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d0b6a8 and #a8c1d0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b6a8d0 is made of 33% red, 30% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode People's Choice has a hue angle of 261°, a saturation of 29.85% and a lightness of 73.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b6a8d0 is made of 10.2% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black ink.

HEX #b6a8d0
RGB Decimal rgb(182,168,208)
RGB Percentage 33%, 30%, 37%
CMYK 10.2, 15.69, 0, 18.43
HSL hsl(261,29.85%,73.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(261,19.23%,81.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.2173,12.833,-18.4787)
XYZ xyz(44.6792,42.5044,65.5238)
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