Violet Bouquet Color

#b9b1c8

Violet Bouquet 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 #464e37
Complementary Color #c0c8b1
Color Shade: warm blue (260.87° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.92% (better contrasting with white)
Violet Bouquet Color Sample
Violet Bouquet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b9b1c8

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Violet Bouquet Color. The Chrome Chalice 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 Night Music (#9c96af) for more calm effect. Try Heirloom Lilac as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c0c8b1 is the best complementary color to Violet Bouquet. 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 #b9b1c8 complementary color is Clay Ash, 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 Chatelle are #b1b4c8 and #c4b1c8. Thus found on the left and right of #b9b1c8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cadet Blue and London Hue colors as they work well with Violet Bouquet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Violet Bouquet palette consists of #b4c8b1 and #c8c4b1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c0c8b1). Try Rainee and Foggy Gray colors in combination with #b9b1c8, 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 #b9b1c8 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 Violet Bouquet. Thus Spring Rain and Cold Turkey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Violet Bouquet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clay Ash, Cold Turkey, and Opal split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9b1c8 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. Violet Bouquet tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#c0c8b1) and two others. The Cold Turkey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heather – 120° from the complementary Clay Ash. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c8b9b1 and #b1c0c8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b9b1c8 is made of 33% red, 31% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Violet Bouquet has a hue angle of 260.87°, a saturation of 17.29% and a lightness of 73.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9b1c8 is made of 5.88% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black ink.

HEX #b9b1c8
RGB Decimal rgb(185,177,200)
RGB Percentage 33%, 31%, 36%
CMYK 5.88, 9.02, 0, 21.57
HSL hsl(260.87,17.29%,73.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(260.87,11.5%,78.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(73.4992,7.2314,-10.6339)
XYZ xyz(46.1551,45.9287,61.0761)
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